Remember the LG LSM-100? It was one of those quirky, ahead-of-its-time gadgets that made you feel like you were living in the future. Part optical mouse, part portable scanner—you could swipe it over a document or a photo, and it would stitch the image together like a mini handheld scanner.
So, is the LSM-100 now a paperweight? Not necessarily. Here is the current state of play and the only workarounds that actually work in 2024. You will not find an official LG driver that installs cleanly on 64-bit Windows 10. LG’s last supported OS was Windows 7. If you try to force the old driver, you’ll get the dreaded "Code 52" or "Hash mismatch" error because Microsoft now requires drivers to be digitally signed. The "It Works, But It’s Painful" Workaround There is only one reliable method left: Disable Driver Signature Enforcement . lg mouse scanner lsm-100 driver windows 10
Fast forward to today, and if you’ve dug yours out of a drawer, you’ve likely hit a wall. LG stopped supporting this device years ago. There are no official Windows 10 drivers. Plug it in, and Windows might recognize a "HID-compliant mouse" (so the cursor moves), but the scanner software? Dead on arrival. Remember the LG LSM-100