HP Deskjet 2540 all-in-one: HP Deskjet 2540 Scan works only in Windows 10

Have upgraded to Windows 10 (not sure if 32 or 64 bit).  Now cannot scan.  Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, loading HP Print and Scan and HP Support Assistant doctor and does everything that is asked.  However, the software that load every time is just the basic application that allows printing - it shows not all the scanning application.  Tried to use the scan software very basic own Windows, which communicates with the scanner and scans indeed, but not in PDF format (VERY base).  Help, please.

Welcome to the HP community @Hippy79,

I understand the printing software will not fully installed for your Deskjet 2540 on your system Windows 10, causing problems of scanning software and I would try to help! Here are my suggestions for you to try. When you are finished, please let me know the results and problems or errors that you may encounter!

First step: clean boot, restart the PC and try the install again.

1. start by typing "msconfig" in the search box of Cortana, and then click MSConfig (run command)
On your keyboard press Windows + R key at same time and type Msconfig in the run window, and then click OK or press ENTER.

2. now, choose Selective startup

3. Remove the check of the Load Startup items

4. click on the Services tab

5. check "hide all Microsoft Services" and then click on disable all

6. click apply , then OK

7 restart the PC and temporarily disable firewalls or antivirus programs

8 run the Installation Wizard for Windows HP printer to install the printer

9 turn on the firewall and start services

Second step: you unregister and re-register the Windows Installer Service:

1. hold down the Windows key + R to fill the box "Run" and type cmd.exe, and then click OK.
2. at the command prompt, type msiexec /Unregister , and then press ENTER.
3. at the command prompt, type msiexec/regserver, and then press ENTER.
4. at the command prompt, type exit and press ENTER to close the command prompt.
5. run the Wizard for Windows HP printer installation

Step 3: run System File Checker Scan (up to 3 times) to repair the corrupted system files:
1. go to start
2. type CMD
3 right-click and run as administrator
4. to check and repair the OS type sfc/scannow (note the space between sfc and ' / ')

You may need to run this upward to 3 times to solve all the problems

When finished, it will say one of three things
Windows did not find any breach of integrity (a good thing)
Windows resource protection found corrupt files and repair the (good)
Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some (or all) of them (not a good thing)

Try to reinstall the printer.

Step 4: activate the built-in Windows administrator account

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1. first of all, you'll need to open an administrator mode command prompt by right-clicking and choosing "run as Administrator" (or use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Enter in the search box).

Note that it works the same in all versions of Windows. It just search for cmd and then do a right-click on the icon of the command prompt in the start menu or the boot screen.

2. If you are in Windows 8.x or 10 you can click on the Start button and choose to open a command prompt in this way.

3. now type the following command:

NET user administrator / Active: Yes

4. you should see a message that the command completed successfully. Log out, and you will now see the administrator as a choice account.

 

You will notice that there is no password for this account, so if you want to leave it enabled, you must change the password.

Try to reinstall the printer.

Testify of my answer by hitting the thumbs to the top slot

Click on the button "Accept as Solution" if I helped you reach a solution.

Good luck, I hope this information helps

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