Getting your Nikon Coolscan to work on W7 x64  

blumesan said:

1- Go to Nikon’s website and download the Nikon Scan 4.0.3 drivers for Windows Vista 32-bit. Yes, Vista
32-bit.

I assume this means to simply download and SAVE (NOT RUN) the file "ns403en_vista.exe".

Yes, download and save, then run.

blumesan said:

This is where I get confused. At this point in the sequence I do not (yet) have a folder structure \Nikon\NkScan4 under C:\Program Files (x86)\. I assume (I have not yet tried) that this folder will be created when I install the Nikon Scan software (i.e. run the "ns403en_vista.exe" file) as you instruct in STEP 4. So I have created a folder "Nikon Files" just as you have instructed, but I cannot continue with the sequence of instructions as specified in the Example.

Am I taking this too literally? Please help.

Yes, you'll need to install the software (Nikon Scan) first. This will then create the folder structure - C:\Program Files (x86)\Nikon\NkScan4

After you've installed the scan software and the folder structure is created, take the "Nikon Files" folder you created and place it inside the "NKScan4" folder. Thus your new folder structure should look like this...

C:\Program Files (x86)\Nikon\NkScan4\Nikon Files

Please note - If you're running a 32-bit version of Windows 7, the folder structure will be - C:\Program Files\Nikon\NkScan4 instead. Other than that everything else still applies.

Hope this helps. Let me know.


and its sygnus21

blumesan said:

Cygnus21

Sygnus21

Sorry about the misspelled name, but you really are a star!

Yes, download and save, then run

Aha, the lightbulb went on. This still leaves me with the, possibly redundant, question: What action am I meant to take at step 4:

4- </B>Now install the Nikon Scan software you downloaded...

Have I not already done that by running the file "ns403en_vista.exe"?
The remainder of instructions at step 4 are perfectly clear.

Again many thanks for your patience and help.

blumesan said:

Yes, download and save, then run

Aha, the lightbulb went on. This still leaves me with the, possibly redundant, question: What action am I meant to take at step 4:

4- </B>Now install the Nikon Scan software you downloaded...

Have I not already done that by running the file "ns403en_vista.exe"?
The remainder of instructions at step 4 are perfectly clear.

If you already done that (which is what step #4 is saying) then you should have a Nikon Scan icon on your desktop, a folder in your "All Programs" list called Nikon Scan 4 as well as the folder in this path - C:\Program Files (x86)\Nikon


Nikon Scan icon.

Do you not have this??? If you do, follow the rest of my previous post. If not, re-run the scan software again. Sorry, am I not understanding your question?


Hehe...I'm familiar with Cygnus. When I was a kid I was interested in astronomy.

blumesan said:

Sorry about the misspelled name, but you really are a star!

No problem. Let me know if there's anything else.

Peace.

Sygnus21

Scanner (Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED) is up and running.
My hat's off to you. Many thanks!!

Happy to hear it.

Peace

Thanks so much for posting this fix, it went smoothly for me for my Coolscan 5000 USB on Win 7 64.

Thanks guys

Sygnus21,

i followed your directions to setup my Coolscan 9000 (Firewire) and indeed the system lists it now as a firewire device with the appropriate name.

i also can start the Nikon scan software but as soon as the application opens it freezes. looking in my taskmanager it says "program not responding".

i thus have managed to install the driver as per your suggestion, but now the Nikon software fails. i have tried various Windows Vista compatibility modes, all to no avail.

do you have any suggestion what makes the Nikon scansoftware freeze?

Regards,

Romke