I recently purchased a cheapo scanner which is just about good enough for my requirements. It came with bundled Arcsoft software, which is the only software I have found so far which will accept the output of the scanner. It will save as jpg, meaning I can then use Picasa or PSP to modify the image.
I'm wondering if your software also comes from Arcsoft? I also have another program from them which was bundled with something else and I'm not impressed with either.