# Scanner Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-question/71700>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 8, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-question/71700 "2001-07-08T15:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-question/71700/1 "2001-07-08T15:23:32Z")

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I have an Agfa scanner but lost the software.  
Is there a way to use the scanner via windows 98?  
I had heard you can use it by some built-in software in windows is this true?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-question/71700/2 "2001-07-08T15:28:13Z")

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Most manufacturers have drivers available for download on their web page. Are you sure Agfa doesn’t?

There is a very good photo scanning software called [VueScan](http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html) that might work. I haven’t used it in a while, but I seem to recall that it accessed the scanner directly instead of using drivers. Though it mostly supports film scanners, so it may not support yours.