JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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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?


If you have to advise someone to call the "Geek Squad" to fix a computer
problem what does it say about your knowledge about computers?



She had already paid for the Geek Squad" program to fix any computer
problem for free, and hopefully they would be able to fix and identify
if the problem was a hardware or software problem quicker than I could.
If it really was a software problem, that this would be the first time
in 20 years (and probably more than 20 printers) that I was not able
easily install a printer.

ANYONE should be able to easily install a printer, without any problems.
That fact that this was a problem, verifies why the real "IT geeks"
(those who make their living keeping systems up and running) have
steered clear of Vista.