tigercreek,
Sorry for the delay, work and much needed sleep.
Is the OCR Program installed?
Start, all programs, ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint, ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint
If the OCR Program is not installed, it can be a problem. The list of applications can also be a problem.
Start, control panel, default programs, set your default programs.
Go down the list and if you're using Outlook, click on it, then click on set this program as default. If you have OIutlook setup for your yahoo mail, then it should your default email program.
Try reading...
Update list of applications to send scans to
Make sure that Adobe Reader is on the list and scan to a .PDF
Make sure Microsoft Word or Open Office is on the list, scan to .rtf
What virus program and firewall are you using?
Rick