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How to Install and Configure Canon ScanGear Tool

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

This is a short guide to setting up the Canon ScanGear Tool to enable the Canon copiers to be able to scan directly from the copy machine to the computer.

Step #1

First you will need to download the ScanGear Tool from Canon’s website. Version 2.21 will work with all the non-color copiers like Canon IR-2200. Version 2.30 will work with all the newer Canon color copiers.

Download Canon ScanGear Tool V.2.21
Download Canon ScanGear Tool V.2.30

Step #2

Run the EXE you just downloaded. By default the EXE unpacks the contents of the EXE to your TEMP folder.

  • TEMP FOLDER LOCATION on Windows 2000 through XP : C:\Documents and Settings\NameofUser\Local Settings\Temp
  • TEMP FOLDER LOCATION on Vista through Windows 7 : C:\Users\NameofUser\AppData\Local\Temp

    • Step #3

    Launch the setup file located within the TEMP folder and go through the prompts to install the ScanGear Tool.

    Step #4

    Once installed, you will need to launch the ScanGear Tool and input the IP address of the copier. Make sure it connects successfully by click the “Test Connection” button.

    Canon ScanGear Tool

    Canon ScanGear Tool

    Step #5

    Now you can Scan with the copier. For this example, I am going to be using the “Microsoft Office Document Scanning” tool provided within Microsoft Office 2003 through 2010.

  • LOCATION OF MODS in XP, Vista, & Windows 7: Start Menu -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office Tools

    • Step #6

    Now walk over to your Canon copier. Press the big SCAN button to switch the copier into SCAN mode.

    Step #7

    Select the “Online” option to force the SCAN mode on. (It will start searching for the ScanGear client on your computer)

    Step #8

    Place the document you are wanting to scan into the feeder tray on top of the Canon Copier. (It will not start scanning until feeder tray has paper in it)

    Step #9

    On your computer, select Scan (black and white or color) and then the computer will begin scanning your documents.

    Microsoft Office Document Scanning Tool

    Microsoft Office Document Scanning Tool

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    Posted in Microsoft Office 2007, Tutorial, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 | 5 Comments »

    How to Avoid Reserved or Hidden Partition in Windows 7

    Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

    There is a hidden partition created by default in Windows 7. This can be very frustrating, especially for IT administrators who are working with capturing and deploying images with Sysprep and ImageX. The boot files needed for Windows 7 to boot correctly are stored on this 2nd hidden partition. This will show you how to install Windows 7 on one partition.

    Step #1

    First, there is no way to simply delete this hidden 100MB partition in Windows 7; you simply have to reformat. So the first step is to backup your data and boot to the Windows 7 Install CD. (To boot to CD, restart your computer and normally it will be either DEL, F12, or ESC key to select CD-ROM drive, and boot to it)

    Step #2

    Once you are up to the Windows 7 screen, you will need to select “Repair Your Computer” option.

    Windows 7 Startup Repair - Picture provided by About.com

    Windows 7 Startup Repair - Picture provided by About.com

    Step #3

    Next you will need to select “Command Prompt”.

    Windows 7 Command Prompt - Picture provided by About.com

    Windows 7 Command Prompt - Picture provided by About.com

    Step #4

    In Command Prompt we are going to reformat your hard drive in a certain way so the 2nd partition doesn’t automatically get created when you install Windows 7. Here are the comands:

    Diskpart
    List Disk (You might have more than one hard drive)
    Select Disk 0 (By default your main boot drive will be disk 0, check it)
    Clean
    Create Partition Primary
    Select Partition 1
    Active
    Format FS=NTFS Quick
    Exit

    Step #5

    Then simply walk through installing Windows 7 as you would normally. This time the setup will not create the 100MB hidden reserved partition.

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    Combine or convert two .MKV files into one .MKV file

    Sunday, July 26th, 2009

    There is a great piece of freeware called MKVToolNix which lets you merge and convert MKV files. Do you have two or more .MKV files you want to merge? This is perfect for that. Do you have a .AVI file you want to convert to a .MKV file? This is also perfect for that. As the world of entertainment moves into HD and x264 this little application will be very handy. It works under all major windows operating systems, Windows XP x32, Windows Vista x32, Windows Vista x64, Windows 7 x32, and Windows 7 x64.

    MKVToolNix

    MKVToolNix

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    Posted in Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, x264 | 2 Comments »

    Vista Powershell Script fix

    Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

    Step #1

    Go to Run and type regedit

    Step #2

    HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.Powershell\ExecutionPolicy

    Step #3

    In that registry key, change value to Unrestricted.

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    Formatting WinPE 3.0 USB Flash Drive – (DISM)

    Friday, June 19th, 2009

    In my previous article I wrote about how to create the WinPE 3.0 environment, add drivers, mount the .WIM file, add batch scripts, etc. Here are the steps for creating the bootable flash drive.

    Step #1

    Open up Command Prompt

    You can do the first step within a normal command prompt window or within the WAIK Deployment Tools Command Prompt Window.

    Step #2

    Diskpart

    This launches the DiskPart program which is included within Windows Vista x32, x64 and Windows 7 x32, x64.

    Step #3

    List Disk

    Before you do anything you will want to see which disk is which on your computer.

    Step #4

    select disk 1

    You will want to pick the corresponding disk in which you want to use for your bootable flash drive. Careful, because this will completely erase the disk you select.

    Step #5

    clean

    This cleans up your disk.

    Step #6

    create partition primary

    This creates the partition on your flash drive.

    Step #7

    select partition 1

    This selects the partition you just created in Step #6.

    Step #8

    active

    This marks the select partition as active.

    Step #9

    format fs=fat32 quick

    This will format your flash drive in FAT32 format. Make sure you use the quick command otherwise it will do a standard format and will take a while. For bootable flash drives the quick format will always be fine.

    Step #10

    assign

    This will assign the next available drive letter to your flash drive. (You can also specify which drive letter you would like it to be assigned)

    Step #11

    exit

    This exits DiskPart.

    Step #12

    exit

    This exits CMD.

    Step #13

    Then just copy the contents of the “c:\winpe_x86\ISO\” folder in which you have your WinPE 3.0 environment created in the previous article and you are ready to boot up on a flash drive to WinPE 3.0. Enjoy!

    Here are the commands all together:

    Diskpart
    list disk [See which drive is which]
    select disk 1 [corresponding to disk on your computer]
    clean
    create partition primary
    select partition 1
    active
    format fs=fat32 quick
    assign
    exit
    exit

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    Posted in Twitter, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, WinPE 3.0 | 25 Comments »

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