Black Widow (Devcom) Black Widow 1248 Pro Driver Download
Download the latest version of the Black Widow 1248 Pro driver for your computer's operating system. This driver - "BlackWidowScanner_1248_XP.EXE" - has been downloaded 120 times and is rated 5 out of 5 stars based on 7 reviews. Visitors have successfully installed this driver on PCs running Windows Vista. The total disk space used for this update is 19.4 MB.
Supported Models
Black Widow 1248 Pro
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Supported Operating Systems
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98
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Additional Notes
This is an all in one Mustek driver for the Black Widow 1248 Pro that will work in windows XP. To use in Vista: You have to temporarily edit the registry to make the installer think you have XP
In regedit, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrent Version
Find the "product name" key. Carefully record what it says before you start. (eg paste it into a document somewhere).
Then change it to make it read: Microsoft Windows XP
Then run the Mustek XP installer, and change the registry key back to saying Vista.
Uploaded By
Ed Aike (DG Member) on 10-Mar-2009
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In Windows 7, click Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
In Windows Vista, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager
In Windows XP, click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager button
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