Maintenance

# Upgrading Your OS

> Uninstalling EPSON Scan

If you are using a scanner and are planning to upgrade your system, follow the procedure below.

| Uninstall EPSON Scan. See Uninstalling EPSON Scan.

| Turn off your computer and scanner, and then disconnect your scanner from your computer.

| Turn on your computer, and then upgrade the system.

| Make sure that the system is installed correctly, and then shut down your computer.

| Start your computer, and then install EPSON Scan, following the instructions in your Start Here Poster.

## Uninstalling EPSON Scan

Follow the appropriate section below to uninstall EPSON Scan.

### For Windows users:

| Note:

The picture shown in this section is for Windows XP. It may be different from the actual image you see.

| Turn off the scanner, and then disconnect the scanner from the computer.

| In Control Panel, double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon (for Windows XP users) or the Add/Remove Programs icon (for Windows Me, 98, or 2000 users).

| Select EPSON Scan from the list, and then click Change/Remove (for Windows XP or 2000 users) or Add/Remove (for Windows Me or 98 users).

| When a confirmation dialog box appears, click Yes.

| Follow the on-screen instructions.

| Click Finish to complete the uninstallation. In some cases, a message may appear to prompt you to restart the computer; make sure Yes, I want to restart my computer now is selected and then click Finish.

### For Mac OS 8.6 and OS 9 users

| Insert the software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

| Double-click the EPSON Scan folder, and then double-click the EPSON Scan Installer icon in your preferred language folder.

| Click Accept. The Installer dialog box appears.

| Select Uninstall from the pull down menu at the top left, and then click Uninstall.

### For Mac OS X users

| Insert the software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

| Double-click the EPSON CD-ROM icon on your desktop.

| Double-click the Mac OS X Software folder.

| Double-click the EPSON Scan folder, and then double-click the EPSON Scan Installer icon in your preferred language folder.

> If the Authorization window opens, click the key icon, enter the administrator's name and password, click OK, and then click Continue.

| After the initial screen, click Accept. The Installer dialog box appears.

| Select Uninstall from the pull down menu at the top left, and then click Uninstall.

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