This triggers the 7) Disable driver signature enforcement optionĨ) Your computer will restart once more and (temporarily) disable the digital signature enforcement.ġ0) Find the Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED entry below Other Devicesġ1) Right-click Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED and select Update Driver Softwareġ2) Select Browse my computer for driver software Found instructions online and executed the following:ġ) Select the Start button in the lower left corner of your screen.Ĥ) Below Advanced Startup Options, select Restartĥ) After restart, the Choose an option screen is displayedĦ) Select Troubleshoot -> Advanced options -> Startup Settings -> Restartħ) After restart, in the Startup Settings menu, select 7 (or F7).
#Nikon scan 8000 install
To install the driver anyway I needed to temporarlily circumvent the digital signature enforcement.
#Nikon scan 8000 drivers
So my problem was related to the "the third-party INF does not contain digital signature information" issue that old drivers sometimes pose in Windows 10. The driver is not digitally signed and was therefore not accepted by Windows any more. When I checked the device manager, the Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED was listed under Other Devices, while it should be under Imaging Devices (cameras and scanners). The Nikon Scan 4.0 software showed a message "Nikon Scan was unable to find any active devices". When trying to scan after a few years (and several Windows 10 updates), I ran into an issue with the Nikon Scan 4.0.3 driver. And after upgrading to Windows 10, this still works. After applying the steps I can now use the Nikon Coolscan and Nikon Scan 4.0 on Windows 7, giving it a new lease on live.
#Nikon scan 8000 64 Bit
Even parts are getting scares and it might not be very long before Nikon stops servicing Nikon Coolscans.Ī while ago I found an article " Nikon Coolscan and Nikon Scan 4.0: Driver for Windows Vista 64 bit, Windows 7 64 bit and Windows 8 64 bit" online, that describes how get the Nikon Scan 4.0 driver working on Windows 7/8. the Nikon Scan driver and software were not updated to work after Windows XP. On the downside, computer hardware and operating systems have become obsolete making it harder to use this scanning equipment. A lot has changed since then and high-end cameras now offer resolution that rivals and exceeds film. It allowed for extended use of investments in analog camera equipment and produced better results than the digital cameras at that time.
Investing in a high-end film scanner (e.g Nikon Coolscan LS-8000 ED) made sense in the early days of digital cameras with low resolution. To allow these old images on film to become usable in the digital age, you need a way to scan them. It usually toke several days before the photographs were ready.Įven if one has switched to digital photography since, large archives of images on film still exist. The older generation of photographers can still remember a time when photography involved loading film into a camera and having it developed. We now live in a digital age where every smart-phone has a camera and images can be posted on-line almost immediately. Nikon Coolscan & Nikon Scan 4.0 on Windows 7/8/10