Scanning software?

[Dagwolf]

So I got a secondhand flatbed scanner to play with. The software that came with it is really crappy. Am I stuck with the OEM software or is there third-party stuff out there I can use?

This is actually our first scanner and I know very little about them.

[After Shock Media]

I have had several scanners and after you posted this I just relized I have never once used the software that came with them.
I have always just used whatever program I needed at the time and brought it in from the scanner. Programs like adobe and whatever.