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 121 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.
Black Widow 1248 Pro
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98
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.
Ed Aike (DG Member) on 10-Mar-2009
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