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.

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.

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.

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?

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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?



That you have to read the directions. I haven't had any problems
connecting VISTA to hardware, but, then, I read the directions.

Did you run a windows printer test page when you were finished? Did it
print properly?

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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?



That you have to read the directions. I haven't had any problems
connecting VISTA to hardware, but, then, I read the directions.

Did you run a windows printer test page when you were finished? Did it
print properly?

yes it did, but it was a one page colored document. If the printer was
set up to print the last page first, it would not print the first page.
If it was set up to run the first page first, it would not print the
last page.

I did a test running 4 pages, with only the number printed on each page.
All 4 pages ran. It might have been that her documents had the
margins set up outside of the accepted margins of Vista, but that has
never stopped a page from printing in other versions of Windows, the
page just may not have printed correctly. In WinXP, her document would
print out perfectly.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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?



That you have to read the directions. I haven't had any problems
connecting VISTA to hardware, but, then, I read the directions.

Did you run a windows printer test page when you were finished? Did it
print properly?

yes it did, but it was a one page colored document. If the printer was
set up to print the last page first, it would not print the first page.
If it was set up to run the first page first, it would not print the
last page.

I did a test running 4 pages, with only the number printed on each page.
All 4 pages ran. It might have been that her documents had the margins
set up outside of the accepted margins of Vista, but that has never
stopped a page from printing in other versions of Windows, the page just
may not have printed correctly. In WinXP, her document would print out
perfectly.






Sounds like a driver issue, not a Vista issue, or maybe a word processor
issue.