Windows 7 Brother MFC 7820N scanning update

I posted earlier about an issue with scanning in Windows 7 with the Brother 7820N printer. I had installed Windows 7 as an upgrade, and while most everything worked, it broke the scanning functionality of the Brother from that machine. Well I was able to resolve it.

I clicked on the "Uninstall" option in the Brother program group to uninstall instead of using the Add/Remove programs option. Then I re-installed the Vista version of the software following all prompts to re-boot the machine. It now works as it did previously under Windows Vista.

I can give Windows 7 two big thumbs up. I think Microsoft did an excellent job improving productivity with this release. Vista was lipstick on XP which worked fine already. Windows 7 is polished and has true time-saving and productivity enhancing features.

Windows 7 and Brother MFC 7820N

Well I figured I'd put this out there on the Internet in the assumption that someone else has the same issue I do. So far I am loving Windows 7, it is a great OS and so far Stable! (Remarkable given it is still in Beta). My only issue at the moment is that I cannot figure out how to get the network scanning to function on the Brother MFC-7820N. I see that they have Windows 2008 printer drivers, and Windows 7 seems to have built in printer drivers, but I haven't seen anything related to Network Scanning yet. Leave a comment if you are in the same boat and we'll try to figure this out.

The Enquirer - Volunteers ready to clean riverbanks

The Enquirer - Volunteers ready to clean riverbanks

It would be great to see some people out helping with this event. I can tell you the river sure needs it!