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badlydrawnboy

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Oct 20, 2003
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I've been having a very strange problem I can't figure out.

I recently bought a ScanSnap scanner with OCR capabilities.

The OCR function does not work in my account. After talking with tech support, I tried logging into my wife's account, and it works perfectly there.

I spoke with Level 1 tech support at Fuji, and after hours of effort (including a live screen-share), we weren't able to isolate the problem.

So I prepared to create a new user account and move my documents and images over. However, when I created the new account and tried a scan with OCR, the OCR didn't work! Note that I had not moved a single file over from my previous account. It was a completely fresh account.

I do not understand how it's possible that the OCR works on my wife's account, but not on a brand new user account (and not on my user account either). If the problem was in my user account, wouldn't I expect it to work in BOTH my wife's account and any new account created?

If the problem was in the system, however, wouldn't I expect it to not work at all - regardless of the account used?

If you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. The Fujitsu engineer is stumped, and so am I.
 
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