Not sure if this applies to 32 bit versions of windows or not, as I only use 64-bit. I have tons of ram and 32-bit doesn't handle it (max of 4 gig and you will only be able to use 3 gig due to memory addressing issues).
Anyways. I was running into an issue where I needed to scan some documents with an older scanner that didn't have drivers for Windows 8. So, I tried the Windows 7 64-bit drivers, after all you can get most Win7 drivers to work under Win 8 without any issues. Just an FYI, this sc