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Installing Scanner Drivers for my Networked Canon MP980
5/1/2010 11:21:11 PM
I really like my Canon MP980 scanner. It scans 35mm negatives nicely and I can go to it anytime and scan a document which I can direct to any PC at home. But it's really hard to install the drivers. And I tend to reinstall OS's a lot. I'm using Windows 7 32 bit.
(1) Download the files needed from Canon for the MP980 Drivers Page.
You will need:
- MP980 series MP Driver Ver. 1.03 for Network (Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000)
mp980swinns103en.exe - MP Navigator EX Ver. 2.03 (Windows 7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP/2000)
mpnexwin203ej.exe
(2) Run the driver installer mp980swinns103.exe. Even if you're logged on as Administrator it will fail saying you need to be a member of the Administrators group. Do not dismiss the error dialog.
Now locate the installer files at C:\\Users\\[username]\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mp980swinns103en where [username] is your login name.
You'll see MSETUP4.EXE, don't use this, instead go to the WIN subdirectory. Right click on the MSETUP4.EXE there and choose Troubleshoot Compatibility. Choose Troubleshoot Program. Choose it ran on a previous version and that it needs more permissions. Choose that it ran on Windows XP SP3.
The installer should now run. It needed to restart in the middle of installing and it failed a couple of times and I just chose try again.
Choose Cancel on Network Setup of the Card Slot, then I seem to have to continue it, but just remember you can't get rid of the drive once it's mapped. I'm trying to avoid this drive mapping since I think it is causing Explorer hangs.
(3) Run the scanner software installer mpnexwin203ej.exe.
I don't seem to need any of the other software downloads to scan or print.
Software should be simpler.
Error occurred in deployment step – moving a workflow project to a new SharePoint 2010 machine
4/27/2010 3:54:11 PM
If you get your first SharePoint 2010 workflow project from someone else, chances are you don't have a Workflow History list on your SharePoint machine. This will result in this error message when you try to deploy the workflow from within Visual Studio 2010.
Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Failed to create workflow association 'WorkflowProject1 – Workflow1'. Cannot find SharePoint list with name "Workflow History” or GUID "4eac61bf-6b3b-4f7d-b73c-f073ccc4364d”.
The easiest way to resolve this error is to start a new instance of Visual Studio 2010. Create a new SharePoint 2010 Workflow project and step through the wizard. During the create project wizard it will create the Workflow History list and you can then deploy the project you got from someone else.
This product requires Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 or above
4/26/2010 12:53:00 PM
You can download SharePoint Foundation 2010 now.
The download page says it works on Windows 7 Enterprise; Windows 7 Professional; Windows 7 Ultimate; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2; Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
If you try on Windows 7 or Windows Vista you get this error dialog.
Setup Errors
Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
This product requires Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 or above.
Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.
There is an article on MSDN which describes installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 that I helped write. It is now up to date for the final release of SharePoint 2010.
The reason for the error is that SharePoint 2010 is only intended for use on Windows 7 and Windows Vista by developers. Production uses should use Windows Server,
Using BCS from Visual Studio 2010 for deployment to SharePoint Foundation 2010
4/26/2010 11:59:00 AM
Business Connectivity Services is the new version of the SharePoint 2007 technology called Business Data Catalog. The base of this technology is now available in SharePoint Foundation 2010 which is the free version of SharePoint. This means you can build an External Content Type in Visual Studio 2010 and deploy it to SharePoint Foundation 2010 and the code in the External Content Type retrieves the data which is then shown in a standard SharePoint list.
Great technology. I wanted to link to the trick to making the External Content Type deploy from Visual Studio 2010 to SharePoint Foundation 2010 which doesn't affect SharePoint Server 2010.
SharePoint MVP Chats Coming Soon
4/23/2010 7:07:00 PM
Do you have questions about SharePoint 2007? Want to learn more about SharePoint 2010? By popular request, 28 SharePoint MVPs are participating in two live chat events about SharePoint. These events are a great opportunity to tap into the vast knowledge of these industry professionals who are regarded as the best in their field.
Two opportunities are available to join the conversation. Times were chose to accommodate most of the world.
On Tuesday April 27, tune in between 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific Time to chat with the following MVPs:
- Agnes Molnar
- Asif Rehmani
- Becky Bertram
- Bill English
- Clayton Cobb
- Darrin Bishop
- Matt McDermott
- Mike Oryszak
- Rob Bogue
- Sahil Malik
- Saifullah Shafiq Ahmed
- Serge Tremblay
- Shane Young
On Wednesday April 28, tune in between 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific time to chat with the following MVPs.
- Andrew Connell
- Bil Simser
- Bryan Phillips
- Chris O'Brien
- Dan Attis
- David Mann
- John Ross
- Kevin Laahs
- Michael Mukalian
- Muhanad Omar
- Paul Stork
- Randy Drisgill
- Rob Foster
- Spencer Harbar
- Woody Windischman
Learn more by visiting the event page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/chats/default.aspx
