I recently installed Nuance PaperPort 11 for Vista onto my computer. I also
installed the Vista drivers for my HP ScanJet 5590.

I should be able to assign the five buttons on the front of the 5590 using
the Events tab on the Scanners and Cameras Control Panel applet in Vista to
launch PaperPort from any of those buttons. I should then be able to assign
particular scan profiles for each of those buttons from the Oprions/Buttons
menus in PaperPort. The latter cannot be done without the former!

However, when I attempt to change the Action on the Event menu in the
Control Panel applet, I receive an "Event registration failed" error that
states, "The attempt to change the registered event handler failed. Please
make sure the device is turned on and connected properly."

The device is turned on and connected properly and functions. I have
attached a snip of the error and screens to this message. If someone has
experienced this and has a solution, please reply. Thanks!

Ok really old thread.. but i've searched the internets.. and never did
find the answer posted anywhere. Found 1/2 the answer posted in the x64
section.. so I figured I'd finish the answer.. so it's available to the
internets

from this thread 'Scanner Event Registration Error - Vista Forums'
(http://tinyurl.com/48b7ya)

It has to do with the permissions. I don't know why that guy's didn't
work I think maybe because the handler for the scanner is not
necessarily just in that software folder.. but I went and did this

runregedit
HKEY_Current_User\

Right click that folder
Choose Administrator then the Advanced button on the window that pops
up
Then I changed it for Administrator, and my regular username.. I'm the
administrator.. but they're listed separate, so whatever...

Anway so for administrator:
runregedit
HKEY_Current_User\
Click Administrator
Click advanced

After you've clicked Advanced, click Administrator from the list, then
edit
Then select all the boxes in there on the left. full control, query
value, etc.
Then hit ok
Then.. muy importante...
At the bottom of that screen check that box that says replace all
existing inheritable permissions on all descendants with permissions
from this object.

Now I have no idea if that's something very horrible to do.. It may
make your registry vulnerable to mistakes or something.
I also did the same thing for my regular user name users\my name.. just
for kicks

I rebooted for good measure.. and then I went to
control panelscanner and tried to set the handler again for when I
press the scan button (I wanted it to run the software that came with my
scanner) and it works... no errors.

Hopefully it works for someone.. and the internet is now a more
comprehensive tech support solution


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jenny123;1008913 Wrote:
Ok really old thread.. but i've searched the internets.. and never did
find the answer posted anywhere. Found 1/2 the answer posted in the x64
section.. so I figured I'd finish the answer.. so it's available to the
internets

from this thread 'Scanner Event Registration Error - Vista Forums'
(http://tinyurl.com/48b7ya)

It has to do with the permissions. I don't know why that guy's didn't
work I think maybe because the handler for the scanner is not
necessarily just in that software folder.. but I went and did this

runregedit
HKEY_Current_User\

Right click that folder
Choose Administrator then the Advanced button on the window that pops
up
Then I changed it for Administrator, and my regular username.. I'm the
administrator.. but they're listed separate, so whatever...

Anway so for administrator:
runregedit
HKEY_Current_User\
Click Administrator
Click advanced

After you've clicked Advanced, click Administrator from the list, then
edit
Then select all the boxes in there on the left. full control, query
value, etc.
Then hit ok
Then.. muy importante...
At the bottom of that screen check that box that says replace all
existing inheritable permissions on all descendants with permissions
from this object.

Now I have no idea if that's something very horrible to do.. It may
make your registry vulnerable to mistakes or something.
I also did the same thing for my regular user name users\my name.. just
for kicks

I rebooted for good measure.. and then I went to
control panelscanner and tried to set the handler again for when I
press the scan button (I wanted it to run the software that came with my
scanner) and it works... no errors.

Hopefully it works for someone.. and the internet is now a more
comprehensive tech support solution


Oh and I also had user control on. I had to reboot first to do that.. I
don't know if it helped.. but sometimes it does because instead of just
not letting you do things, it just gives you a dialog then lets you.

I like it off, so after I did all this I turned it off again.


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