Perhaps the disbelief that your piece of hardware is now useless is stronger than the disbelief in the honesty of the internet? It is amusing to me that you me

Perhaps the disbelief that your piece of hardware is now useless is stronger than the disbelief in the honesty of the internet? It is amusing to me that you mention Canon, since they're one of the worst offenders I've dealt with in this regard. During the change from W98 to Win7, they cut off support for whole product lines. My scanner, purchased just a few years ago, was now useless. My Linux box had better driver support than my shiny new Windows box. It was unbelievable that my scanner was no longer functional, and I was willing to try some hacking to try to get it functional again... So... I understand especially why people are looking for drivers. They're looking to extend the value of their purchases.