correction: epson registry data read error

I have a Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner. When I click on the Epson
Smart Panel icon it brings up an error message: "Registry data read error,"
and the scanner refuses to function. The only way to get it to work is to
uninstall the software and totally unhook the scanner. After that I
reinstall the software and hope up the scanner, all according to the Epson
instructions. It works ok for awhile, but after a week or so I get the
exact same message: "Registry data read error."

Correction: I meant to say: hook up the scanner (not hope up the scanner)

Robert A. Cunningham

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:21:09 -0800 'Robert A. Cunningham'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.scanner:

I have a Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner. When I click on the Epson
Smart Panel icon it brings up an error message: "Registry data read error,"
and the scanner refuses to function. The only way to get it to work is to
uninstall the software and totally unhook the scanner. After that I
reinstall the software and hope up the scanner, all according to the Epson
instructions. It works ok for awhile, but after a week or so I get the
exact same message: "Registry data read error."

Correction: I meant to say: hook up the scanner (not hope up the scanner)

Robert A. Cunningham

The only possible explanation I can think of is that some other s/w
you run on your system - maybe a registry cleaner etc - is messing
with or deleting vital keys from it, needed by the scanner.

Others may have better ideas...

fwiw - I've never been able to get Smart Panel working on my
current system.

"epson.user" wrote in message
7.0.0.1...

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:21:09 -0800 'Robert A. Cunningham'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.scanner:

I have a Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner. When I click on the Epson
Smart Panel icon it brings up an error message: "Registry data read
error,"
and the scanner refuses to function. The only way to get it to work is to
uninstall the software and totally unhook the scanner. After that I
reinstall the software and hope up the scanner, all according to the Epson
instructions. It works ok for awhile, but after a week or so I get the
exact same message: "Registry data read error."

Correction: I meant to say: hook up the scanner (not hope up the
scanner)

Robert A. Cunningham

The only possible explanation I can think of is that some other s/w
you run on your system - maybe a registry cleaner etc - is messing
with or deleting vital keys from it, needed by the scanner.

Others may have better ideas...

fwiw - I've never been able to get Smart Panel working on my
current system.

Well, I don't know it that is correct or not, but I appreciate the
information. I really did not have a clue. Thanks for your reply.