Okay, so....

It seems my lappy and my scanner are not speaking to each other. Why? I have no freakin' idea. I can copy, I can print, but I can't scan things. For whatever reason it keeps saying that there is a communication error whenever I attempt to scan something. I have done everything I possibly can (which mind you isn't much considering how inept I am with technology >.> ) but I can't get the damned thing to work.

I've tried shutting it down, restarting, reconfiguring, uninstalling and reinstalling all the software both from online as well as directly from the CD....and still nothing. I'm about ready to go Office Space on the bloody thing.

Anyone else have any ideas????