HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Mike wrote:
Vista is CRAP... pure and simple. I tested it in alpha and beta, and
when that was done, all of my computers went back to XP.

In my office, we have 7 computers on a peer to peer network... all
running XP except one that was replaced recently, and came with
Vista on it. That vista computer is CONSTANTLY having problems
accessing shares on the network, such as a printer at another
workstation. If you print during one of these episodes, the thing
runs like an old 286 for about 5 minutes until it finally gives up,
displaying an error message. Rebooting usually cures it for a time.
That system will get XP when I have some time to do it.

--Mike


Sounds like you're the problem. I have no problems running any of the
printers here on my local VISTA network, which includes machines
running VISTA, XP and even Win2k. My wife's office is on the third
floor, where she runs XP and has a Brother laser printer. I can
easily print on that printer from my office, two floors away, and she
can easily print on my HP color laser printer.

There's always Network Magic if you can't figure out simple Windows
networking.

On Saturday, I installed a new printer on a friend's new Vista laptop.
It would never print the last page of her documents. I thought it was
a problem with her formating in Office, but it seems to only want to
print out all pages on a hit or miss basis. I thought it might be a
problem with the wireless, but did not have the time to correct the
problem. She has a contract with Geek Squad and I told her to have
them come over and sort it out.


I had no idea you were a VISTA geek, skilled in connecting printers via
wireless networks.

I am not, but have never had any problems connecting printers to
wireless or wired connections in the past.

If you really need to be a "Vista Geek" to install a printer, what does
it say about Vista?