This worked for me: 1) use this link to download the Vista drivers from Canon http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=351&modelid=6623
Download the drivers to their own folder, the right click the install file and select "troubleshoot compatibility" then click "try recommended settings" a "Start Program" button will appear. click it and watch the taskbar for the UAC icon to flash asking you if you want to allow the drivers to install. Click OK and follow the instructions. Your scanner should work if you follow the set up instructions correctly.
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I overlooked the 64 bit issues, sorry about that. There may not be a 64 bit compatibility for this scanner . . . if so, you could get the free VMWare player from www.vmware.com and install it on your machine. Its a free virtualization program. You can use it to install and run a 32 bit Windows OS right within your windows 7 environment and then run the scanner through the virtualized OS. It sounds complicated, but its actually very easy and works like a charm . . . and its free *except you will need a licensed copy of whatever 32bit windows system you decide to run in the VM player. I recommend XP becasue it runs very very well inside VM player, has a small resource requirement (won't slow down or degrade your Win7) and would allow you to pretty much run the scanner as if it were installed directly into your native system. You would have to have all of your scanning programs installed to your virtual machine as well.
Also, there are a number of linux based "live CD's" which are well supported, free, and run entirely off the CDROM without touching or affecting the installed OS on your hard drive. You can also use the program unetbootin.exe (free download) to install and run many of the linux OS's from a USB stick ( see more about linux os's and utilities at www.distrowatch.com) - one of these distros will probably support the scanner - even if Canon does not have an official driver, someone in the opensource community has created a driver and posted it for download. These linux live os systems are nice to have around just in case your installed windows OS becomes damaged and you can no longer access your hard drive. With a live cd or bootable usb stick, you will be able to bypass your installed OS and access and remove or back up all the data, files and information in additon to being able to restore and repair your hard drive and installed OS.
If you haven't heard about any of this stuff I just mentioned, you might want to check it out. . . its some pretty cools stuff that can not only prevent frustration, data loss and unnecessary expenses and it opens up a whole new world of opportunity, security and fun to your personal and business computing.
Sorry I wasn't able to help you earlier, but I hope what i have given you here will, if not help you to a solution, at least entertain and intrigue you. Happy computing!!
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Tried the solution by colt_baldwin. It didn't work. I followed it exactly as he said. The troubleshoot compatibility keeps saying invalid application.
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