Most users happy with Windows 7

Originally Posted by dechef

there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel.

I will double check the driver, what i was using was a driver listed on the canon site V6.2 i think and it was specificly marked as compatible with win 7 X64

now when you refer to "home" for the printer, I am asumming the machine that it is hardwired to USB , that means I need the correct driver for WIN 7 on the XP machine .... I would also need the compatible driver for XP on the "home" machine so the xp / home computer will have 2 drivers
Will that work or will i have to switch between drivers , basicly re-install every time I print from a different computer ?

Hell , I hope these computers don't get any "better" or we'll be using Crayolas again !

dachef, read the "How to Geek" article linked in a previous post and browse through the list of articles available at that site. There have been recent articles outlining how to print from a Windows 7 computer to a printer attached to an XP machine and another one outlining how to print from an XP machine to a printer attached to a Windows 7 machine. Read those articles and try both setups. Maybe one will work for you. I realize that I'm suggesting that you spend a lot of time experimenting just hoping to stumble on a combination that works for you, but if you find one; won't it have been worth the effort? Just make restore points at every step along the way so you will always have an easy path out of a screw-up if something unexpected happens.

does anyone have an opinion on this idea for a solution, does it sound right ?

Printer Sharing Between Xp (32bit) And Windows 7 (64bit)

IF the xp driver on the xp computer and the win7 driver on the win7 computer worked .... I wouldn't be ... that's how I started . the obvious first...

one or two more shots at it , then a couple of days off to clear the mind, uninstall eveything and try again

THEN GET A MAC ......

Originally Posted by dechef

there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel.

I will double check the driver, what i was using was a driver listed on the canon site V6.2 i think and it was specificly marked as compatible with win 7 X64

now when you refer to "home" for the printer, I am asumming the machine that it is hardwired to USB , that means I need the correct driver for WIN 7 on the XP machine .... I would also need the compatible driver for XP on the "home" machine so the xp / home computer will have 2 drivers
Will that work or will i have to switch between drivers , basicly re-install every time I print from a different computer ?

Hell , I hope these computers don't get any "better" or we'll be using Crayolas again !

usually you install the printer at home, where the printer is wire-connected to the PC, including the matching driver - test print and check it works. The other PCs on the network connect to this (make shared) printer through network-printing (add network printer)


what do I miss?

IT WORKS
THANKS TO ONE AND ALL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT IN TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

Communities / forums like this are truly one of the good things that came out of the internet.
People who will never know each other reaching out and sharing their knowledge and more importantly time to help strangers.

Kinda restores your faith in human nature , thank you


http://www.knowledgesutra.com/index.php/Printer-Sharing-Xp-32bit-Windows-7-64bit_t70723.html

maybe some one who knows how, could post this link to assist other wayward souls stuck in the same situation

there is a "Add Printer" wiz in 7 as well as in XP's control panel - once the printer is shared it is as easy as picking the shared network printer from a list in this wiz and all is done (driver installation) auto magically.


looks like the image handler is broken in this forum

Originally Posted by dechef

IT WORKS
THANKS TO ONE AND ALL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT IN TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

Communities / forums like this are truly one of the good things that came out of the internet.
People who will never know each other reaching out and sharing their knowledge and more importantly time to help strangers.

Kinda restores your faith in human nature , thank you


http://www.knowledgesutra.com/index.php/Printer-Sharing-Xp-32bit-Windows-7-64bit_t70723.html

maybe some one who knows how, could post this link to assist other wayward souls stuck in the same situation

Fantastic news! Thanks for updating..

I haven't upgraded to windows 7 yet for the fact of all the problems with any new MS OS.

Is this one really good or are there still lot's of bugs to get worked out of it?

Depends on what sort of hardware your trying to run it on and what software you have that you wish to use with it ... I've been using win7 since beta and have only found 1 piece of hardware and 3 programs that didn't want to work out of the box which for two of them it was a simple patch install and find another program for the other and as for the hardware it still does not have an driver but then what did I expect for something that hasn't had a new driver since 2006..... So to answer you question about is it worth it...... well Yes it is you get an modern and up to date OS thats more secure and easier to use

Originally Posted by DotNetGuru

I haven't upgraded to windows 7 yet for the fact of all the problems with any new MS OS.

Is this one really good or are there still lot's of bugs to get worked out of it?

The business world typically waits for SP1, until they switch, for a reason. If you do not rely on XP dated software and your hardware is fairly recent then all should be well.

If you do have XP software then get 7Pro or better and you can install the XP-VM in which everything old runs fine and speedy.

I went from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows 7 Ultimate BETA and simply LOVED IT.

The day Win 7 was released I quickly purchased my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32 and 64 bit.