Hi
Problem partly sorted. Many thanks for your time. It was your suggestion about the parallel port that sparked an idea. I used the W 8.1 Device Manager to change the Lpt1 setting to allow interrupts from external users. My scanner is now detected and operating after a fashion. The remaining problem is, can I change the BIOS setting for I/O to EPP mode. Is there somewhere in the VMware software that this can be done or do I have to go back and try to alter my desktop BIOS?