Hey Paul, You can get around this..In "Control Panel", "System", find your SCSI listing......double click it then click on "Refresh"......and then your scanner should work again without rebooting. I had to do this with a Microtek ScanMaker E3 because I would turn it off after each use. -----Original Message----- From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Hachmeyer Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 7:02 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] SCSI SCANNER I have a Umax scsi scanner running with win98se. The scanner must be powered up PRIOR to booting the pc, otherwise mine will not work. The scsi recognition is made at boot time, powering on the scanner later will not enable it to connect. The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml