Speccie does not always seem to work on Windows XP machines. There seems to be
a problem addressing the hardware on the LPT port(s) which shows up as
“No I2C adapter found” when starting the software.
Till now, I received two solutions for this problem, from two different users.
One user did read in a PIC programmers forum about the same kind of problem, and
there was also a solution available. You have to add two files to the windows\system
folder. These files are smport.vxd and smport.sys. I located these files at a website
from “Golden Creations” where they where needed to control a bar code reader on the
LPT port. I got confirmation by Email that I’m allowed to publish these files for free
on my website. You should be able to download a small zip file at the Speccie files
page.
Another user did expect the problem to be in his scannerdriver, so he created a WinXP
bootfloppy, added Edit.com and the Speccie files to it, and an easy mouse driver. After
booting from this floppy he had a fully fucntional Speccie software. Edit.com was
added to have an easy edit possibility for the Speccie CFG file.