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OVERVIEW WIA is a significant super-set of the support for digital still imaging that was provided by the Still Image Architecture (STI) in Windows 2000 . Whereas STI only provided a low-level interface for doing basic transfers of data to and from the device (as well as the invocation of an image scan process on the Windows machine through the external device), WIA provides a framework through which devices can present its unique capabilities to the operating system, and applications could programmatically take advantage of those features. In comparison to TWAIN , WIA is said to be more flexible, because it is a standardized interface that doesn't require a tight bundling of scanner software and driver (TWAIN-only scanners are often limited to functions that are enabled in its driver-software-bundle). Most recent scanners support WIA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION In 2002, Microsoft released the Windows Image Acquisition Automation Library Tool , which provides access to WIA functionality through programming languages and scripting environments that support OLE Automation. In Windows XP, WIA runs in the LocalSystem context. Because of the security ramifications of running a service as LocalSystem whereby a buggy driver or malicious would have unrestricted access to the system, the WIA service in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista operates in the '''LocalService''' context. This can result in compatibility issues when using a driver designed for Windows XP.Microsoft published a paper in 2003 titled Security-related Best Practices for WIA Driver Development to assist WIA driver developers in writing drivers that will work in the lower-security context that the WIA service operates in. SEE ALSO
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