My Windows Vista VM that runs on my homelab, for the sole purpose of keeping my HP LaserJet 3390’s scanner working with modern software.
I got this thing for free on Freecycle and it works amazingly well mechanically, and the printer worked out of the box. No matter what I tried though, getting the scanner to show up as a device and be interfaced with any modern hardware required me to set up this virtual machine to be shared with the local network.
(Yes I tried CUPS which worked great for the printer but not the scanner.)
The installation software probably just copied some files to the wrong places, especially when it was written for a 32 bit system. It happened to me once with the drivers for my CANON scanner.
I got this thing for free on Freecycle and it works amazingly well mechanically, and the printer worked out of the box. No matter what I tried though, getting the scanner to show up as a device and be interfaced with any modern hardware required me to set up this virtual machine to be shared with the local network.
(Yes I tried CUPS which worked great for the printer but not the scanner.)