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John H.

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:57:34 -0500, " JimH" ask wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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John H. wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:27:13 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

I am very glad your son's computer is working well, he deserves it.

I am sure yours and Harry's success with Vista is representative of
everyone who has used Vista.

I am sure yours and Harry's success with Vista is due to your superior
computer skills.

I am also sure the only reason she/I or anyone has ever had a problem
installing any hardware on Vista is human error.

I am sure you know much more about computers than those who make their
living operating networks and reviewing computers and OS.

Did I miss anything?

Did you read any of the directions that might relate to the proper set
up of a printer?
I followed the directions that came with the printer, but the printer
install CD really made the entire install process a step by step
process, and it asked you for your version of Windows (included Vista as
an option) . When the printer started to have problems, I followed the
trouble shooting process using Vista help, it did not have any solution
available in the troubleshooting guide that was appropriate to our
problem. So, I updated Vista (it had already installed all updates)
double checked the printer driver (it had the correct driver) then
reinstalled the printer program and reinstalled Office 2003.

At that point, it was still printing correctly only half the time, so I
printed out her resume by reversing the order of the print. She had her
resume printed, which was her immediate concern. I also tried to print
out a web page, it would not print the last page of the web site. Her
printer was working half the time, and told her she really should take
advantage of the service contract she had already paid for. If they
were not able to correct the problem, she will let me know.

FWIW, my brother, who just left, bought a new machine with Vista
installed.
He loaded MS Outlook, but it had crashing problems with Vista. He got the
new Outlook 2007. It crashes with Vista. He's now going to try Mozilla
and
Thunderbird (or whatever it is) and see if that works with Vista. He
advises that Vista is a piece of crap. But, he doesn't have near the
expertise of some of the folks here.

Does your brother's computer expertise exceed that of you and Reggie
combined?

My 14-year-old nephew installed VISTA on his laptop and runs the Office
2007 suite just fine, including Outlook.

Interesting that your brother apparently got a "standalone" copy of
Outlook 2007.

My son has been using his laptop with VISTA and has had zero problems. Too
bad John and his brother continue to have problems with the OS. If he
were not leaving on Tuesday morning I am sure my 19 year old son could give
John and his brother some advice on installing software and operating a
computer running VISTA.

Did you read somewhere that I was having problems with Vista? Or with any
other OS?

I don't recall saying that, but I may have.

;-)