How do I get Windows 10 (64) to recognize a Microtek 4800 scanner? Old but still works well. Microtek has not updated drivers for years.

Can I work around the lack of updated driver?

Unfortunately not. Only Microtek has the proprietary knowledge of its scanners needed to write a driver. That knowledge is also Microtek's intellectual property that one else has the right to use.

With nothing to lose, if the 4800 has a more recent successor with a driver for Windows 10 or even Win8 or Win7, you could give it a shot.

One thing I would advise against is a driver that you obtain from a third party on the internet. It won't be from Microtek so you won't know what you're really getting.

Hi, thanks for your reply. I have been to that Microtek site in the outdated scanners. The highest download is for Windows XP. I have downloaded that and have used it, but Windows 10 (64) does not recognize that driver.

Hi Jon

Microtek do seem to provide the Windows 10 driver for that scanner .. .

http://www.microtek.com/service.php

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I wish I could still use my old HP LaserJet 6L printer. It never failed me.

Only Microtek can write drivers for its hardware, so if Microtek doesn't have a driver that Windows 10 can use, you can't use the scanner on Windows 10. You can find out here.

The same is true for all types of hardware.