Nikon Coolscan & Nikon Scan 4.0: Driver for Windows Vista 64 bit, Windows 7 64 bit & Windows 8 64 bitEven though Nikon does not officially support 64 bit Windows versions Nikon Scan 4.03 can still be used under such operating systems. We will detail how that can be accomplished below. Please note that you are using this information at your own risk and that we can't provide support for this. Of course that doesn't mean we'll not answer questions or are not interested in any problems you might encounter. This page is based on a started by the community member Steel Chn whom we thank for this information.
We mainly summarized that thread for our German users but to keep things in synch below is an English version also. Building a driver for Nikon Scan 4.03 under Windows Vista 64 bit, Windows 7 64 bit & Windows 8 64 bitTo get started for Windows Vista 32 bit. Install the software on your 64 bit Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Next we need to create a driver for your scanner that is 64 bit compatible. To do so create a new folder anywhere on your system you feel comfortable with. Depending on the scanner model you own copy the two files 'NKScnUSD.dll' and 'Nks1394.inf' or respectively 'NksUSB.inf' which are to be found under 'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesNikonDriverScan1394' or 'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesNikonDriverScanUSB' into that folder. Open 'Nks1394.inf' or respectively 'NksUSB.inf' in a text editor of your choice to replace its contents. To do so click into the text box below and press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+C to copy the code. Next enter your text editor and press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+V to paste the code into the.inf file. We don't use our scanners on Windows 8 but user feedback tells us that in order to install the driver created above one needs to start Windows 8 in a special mode first.
Getting Windows 8 to boot in that mode involves a series of steps of which we provide screen captures below. The screen captures come from a virtual Windows 8 machine and since FireWire devices can't be passed through to that virtual system we won't show the actual driver installation.First get the Windows 8 menu to show. On the settings screen. There choose the General category from the 'PC settings' list and scroll down all the way to the end of that category to reach the 'Advanced startup' entry as shown.
There press the 'Restart now' button.Your system will restart and after a while. On it, then and finally where you'll find yet another Restart button. Press it to and on it press either 7 or F7 on your keyboard to boot Windows 8 with its driver signature enforcement disabled.After booting Windows 8 that way choose Search from the Windows 8 menu,. Now install your driver as detailed above for Windows 7.This will let you use Nikon Scan 4.03 on the 64 bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista with the following Scanners: Nikon Super Coolscan LS-4000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-5000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-8000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-9000 ED, Nikon Coolscan IV (LS-40) and Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50).
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