Microsoft’s 24H2 woes should not letting up. So as to add to the ever-growing listing of points with the brand new Home windows 11 2024 replace, scanning gadgets aren’t working correctly with it anymore. There’s no patch obtainable but and no clear timeline for when it’ll be fastened.
Folks have been complaining in on-line boards that scanning gear has stopped connecting to Home windows 11 after the replace. Since then, Microsoft has added this bug to the listing of identified points with model 24H2. “After putting in Home windows 11, model 24H2, you would possibly expertise points discovering USB related gadgets that help the eSCL (eScanner Communication Language) scan protocol,” the official bug report reads.
Standalone and multi-function scanning gear with this expertise might need hassle connecting with PCs operating the brand new Home windows 11. Apart from sure doc scanners, barcode scanners and RFID readers use the eSCL protocol.
Sometimes, it is advisable to set up a driver to attach a scanner with a PC. With the eSCL protocol, a scanning system can work with any platform over Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or USB with out drivers. You’ll be able to both connect with an eSCL-supported system over the community or over a USB cable, however not each on the identical time.
Home windows 11 24H2 is having hassle discovering these scanners while you change from a community to a USB connection. “This difficulty is triggered as a result of system not switching out of eSCL mode to USB mode, which permits the scanner drivers to be matched,” Microsoft defined additional.
Microsoft is at present engaged on resolving the difficulty, alongside the various different 24H2 bugs. For now, it’s blocking the 24H2 replace for any PCs which have gadgets related over the eSCL protocol “equivalent to printers, fax machines, modems, and community gadgets.” The bug report additionally warns towards manually upgrading to Home windows 11 2H24 should you or your group depend on such gear. The one solution to resolve these connectivity troubles proper now’s to uninstall the replace and roll back Windows 11 to an older model.
Supply: Microsoft
