Limited user mode - Canon printer solution

If you have an error box popping up that says the following:
Canon BJC_4300
Error occurred during file creation

then you have a Canon printer that's not compatible with Windows XP Limited User mode. Almost nothing is, after all. Here's how to get it working (tested on a Canon MultiPASS C5500):

Set users permission to "Modify" for the folder X:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS.

Just replace X with whatever drive you have Windows on, unless of course it's "X". I've been wrestling with getting my kids' computer to work without making my five-year-old an administrator (!) so I'm sure there will be more of these...

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You do not have permission to open the application Canon IJScanner2

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PERMISSIONS! Ugh. Upgrading to Big Sur 11.5.1 murdered my old flatbed scanner, which I use all the time. Evidently, it's a problem for many many many people. The following sequence worked, but I can't guarantee that it will work for you as well, since I deleted, added, re-deleted, upgraded and downgraded all kinds of files until it finally showed up without an error: Delete the scanner from Preferences Delete Canon utilities Remove any Canon-related files from /Library/Printers/Canon Remove any Canon-related files from /Library/Image Capture/Devices Reboot Install the misd-mac-ijscanner2-4_1_4-ea21_3 driver Don't install the LiDE 210 Scanner Driver Ver.18.2.0 (Mac) file, that seems to be both useless and part of the overall problem. Just use Image Capture and you should be fine.

Omnipage SE on Vista

Omnipage SE won't install on Windows Vista; it gives an error that says "The wizard was interrupted before Omnipage SE could be completely installed." Don't bother trying compatibility mode settings, running as Administrator, etc, because the problem is probably related to this one, documented on Microsoft's support site. (Omnipage Pro 11.0 has some dumb hangup with the msi installer, and that just happens to be SE's internal version number). This program came with my Canon scanner, but Canon's web site says support questions should go to Nuance. Nuance says that SE isn't supported under Vista (works fine under XP, of course.) They WILL be happy to send you a $150 upgrade. Here's what to do if, like me, you need OCR maybe twice a year: Install Omnipage SE on an XP computer Copy /Program Files/Scansoft to your Vista computer Make a shortcut to omnipage.exe It won't recognize your scanner, but will work fine on files. So scan into a .tif ...

Find my iPhone doesn't work on iOS 7.1.2

My old iPhone 4 doesn't show up on "Find my" even when logged in (under iOS 7.1.2). The problem seems to be that it must have the "Find My iPhone" app installed, but that app didn't come with this version of iOS. To get it, you need iOS 8, which doesn't work on this iPhone. Thanks, Apple! Anyway, download this old version of iTunes , which will let you install apps. Install "Find" on iTunes, then go back to the phone and try to install it from the App Store. This will let you install the 7.0 version of the app, which will then re-enable Find, and the world will be a better place. Hey wow first post here in 12 years! I should get a prize.

Are you SURE it won't work?

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