Re: older USB scanners and vista
"Alias" <iamalias@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
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> D. Eth wrote:
>> "Alias" <iamalias@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> D. Eth wrote:
>>>> "Ringmaster" <bigtop@VistaGeneralCircus.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:29:33 +0300, "the granter of sina"
>>>>> <granter@yan.sina> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> what a bunch of baloney... lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't work on most models of scanners that are out there!
>>>>>> including
>>>>>> the hp 4400 jetscan that I had...
>>>>>
>>>>> What the fanboy crowd don't want people to know it the Discover
>>>>> process in pending legal actions against Microsoft resulted in many
>>>>> highly embarrassing documents where big shots from Ballmer down were
>>>>> discussing the impact of Vista generic scanner and printer drivers,
>>>>> bemoaning the fact they would break the "special features" of many
>>>>> name brand devices. So while they might work, they only work at the
>>>>> basic level under Vista if at all, while they supported all the
>>>>> special features through some device's control panel under XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know this only too well since the Epson printer I was using and had
>>>>> just bought a few months before worked fine under XP with all it's
>>>>> features available, but Vista wouldn't see the Epson Printer Control
>>>>> Center thus rendering the printer obsolete for the reasons I had
>>>>> bought it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The more FACTS you learn about Vista, and how Microsoft attempts to
>>>>> hide the truth, the more reasons you have to be upset.
>>>>>
>>>>> The more time you spend researching how Microsoft made decisions, the
>>>>> more you see Vista was rushed out the door.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The more post I read of yours, the more reasons I have to believe you
>>>> are new to the whole "technology scene".
>>>
>>> Look who's talking, the man who thinks Frank is doing a "good job".
>>>
>>
>>
>> Good job, Frank !
>> Thanks for reminding me.
>>
>>
>>>> Old stuff becomes obsolete.
>>>> TV's, VCR's, Betamax, Cars, Pencil Shapeners, Telephones, Cell Phones,
>>>> Zippo Lighters.
>>>
>>> It's a new printer. Oops.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Read the post title.
>> "older USB scanners and vista"
>> Oops...better boot outta [sic] ubuntu, the font smust [sic] be illegable
>> [sic]
>
> You were replying to Ringmaster who was writing about a *new printer*.
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Even if Vista had drivers for old dot matrix printers...then you would
>>>> whine about bloat.
>>>
>>> It's a new printer.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you just reply..." Boo Hoo, life is hard...Boo Hoo."
>>>>
>>>> Ya little bitch.
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>
>>> So, another drunk weekend, hey little boy?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Not yet.
>
> So what's your excuse, then?
>
>> You buying ?
>>
>> If so...I'm with ya!
>
> Sorry, I don't drink. You do know that you only have one liver, right?
>
It's a large capacity liver.
Irish genes, and all that.
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