The old HP scanner sat in the corner of Clara’s home office, gathering a fine layer of dust. It was a relic from the Windows 7 era, a bulky beige brick she’d promised to recycle a dozen times. But today, she needed it.
Instead, a small notification slid from the bottom right of her screen: “HP ScanJet 2400 detected. Ready to use.”
Clara plugged the scanner into her sleek Windows 11 laptop. The familiar ding-dong chimed. She held her breath. No frantic search for drivers. No CD-ROM. No hour-long argument with a settings panel.