Coolscan 5000 does not like Win 7

[rob_wall]

<p>I successfully migrated NikonScan 4.02 to Win 7, installing it in a virtual Win XP machine. The software works but crashes frequently. Sometimes it crashes after one scan, sometimes after 10. The scanner was rock solid on my old WinXP machine.<br>

I have tried downloading and installing the Viewscan driver and this does not make any difference.<br>

Any thoughts?</p>

[William Kahn]

<p>Silverfast has Windows 7 software for the Coolscan 5000, both 32 and 64 bit. Try the trial version and see...</p>

[rob_wall]

<p>William thanks. I'm staying with NS because of the superior automation with the SA-30 and SF-210.</p>

[bgelfand]

<p>I am running NikonScan on my Windows7 x64 system using a Coolscan V. The same should work for your Coolscan 500.</p>

<p>1) Download and install VueScan <a href="http://www.hamrick.com/index.html">http://www.hamrick.com/index.html</a></p>

<p>2) Install VueScan before attaching your Coolscan to the computer. Then plug in the CoolScan. It will pick up the VueScan Drivers.</p>

<p>3) Download Nikon Scan 4.0.3 <a href="http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61#Anchor-7">http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61#Anchor-7</a></p>

<p>I know it says "Vista Only", but it works under Windows 7 x64 as well WITH the VueScan Drivers. 4.0.2 does NOT work under Windows 7.</p>

<p>4) Install Nikon Scan 4.0.3 directly under Windows 7, but chose the option NOT to install the drivers. NikonScan will use the VueScan Drivers.<br>

My installation has been working perfectly for the past year-and-a-half. I can even use NikonScan as a TWAIN driver to scan directly into PS CS5 (32-bit version).</p>

<p>You also have the option of using VueScan with your CoolScan, or in my case, with my Epson flatbed scanner that is not supported under Windows 7.</p>

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[richard__]

<p>Install Nikon Scan 4.0.3</p>

 

[curt wiler]

<p>There are plenty of discussions here about tweaking the Nikon driver yourself to make it work on Win 7 64-bit. For instance, see: <a rel="nofollow" href="00Ryck">http://www.photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00Ryck</a><br /> The tweak works, just follow the instruction carefully. I use it to run Nikon Scan 4.0.3 with 64-bit Windows 7 on two different scanners. Other software like Vuescan is not required but you may want it for other reasons. This modified driver specifically includes the LS5000 among the supported scanners.</p>

[robert_martin5]

<p>I followed the direction on this site to get Nikon Scan working on my Windows 7 Professional 64 bit computer with a Nikon 9000 scanner. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64.html">http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64.html</a></p>

<p>I am using Nikon Scan 4.0.3.</p>

[Stock-Photos]

<p><strong>Thank you to everyone who replied.</strong> All this info will be so useful to me in a short while, after my new computer arrives. I'll be needing to run my Nikon CoolScan 5000's on Win7.</p>

<p>I assume NikonScan is the only software which will support batch scanning with the SF210 feeder...?</p>

[robert lee]

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<p>The software works but crashes frequently. Sometimes it crashes after one scan, sometimes after 10.</p>

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<p>The least painful thing to do is to simply keep the old computer around as a dedicated scan station. If you're short of space, any $200 netbook/nettop running XP will work just fine.</p>

[coomber]

<p>Vuescan works fine with the SF-210 feeder, well it does on Linux so I'm guessing it will on Win7!</p>

[ian_mackinnon1]

<p>I am using it on Vista...it is flaky but not as much as when I run the"vista approved" software..for the love of me I cannot remember why I migrated from XP....many places are still running it..<br>

I just sit by and restart....</p>

[andrew_hull]

<p>I have Nikon Scan running on Windows 7 64-bit without any work around or anything. Downloaded and it works. I don't know how. I ran 100 slides through the SF-210 last night while out to dinner.</p>

[Stock-Photos]

<p>Like Andrew, I ran the install of NikonScan for Vista, did no tweaking, and it seems to be working fine on Windows 7 64 bit.</p>

[russ_wilson1]

<p>Craig, Can you tell me how you initiate the SF-210 feeder with VueScan? I'm using the latest version of VueScan with Mac OS 10.5.8 and a Coolscan 5000. It works great with single slides, but with the SF-210, I get the message "Scanner is not ready - insert a slide." I can't find a way to do that. ??</p>