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Article #359Re: New Dell & XP kills legacy Epson and Encyclopedia Britannica
From: BigJIm
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:46
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:46
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when you upgrade to xp some of the software and hardware has to be reinstalled. "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bq54e1$1tmnla$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de... > G'day mates, > > Friend of mine has just installed his new Dell 2400 (I think it was > when I pointed out the offer to him some days ago) so I'm a bit > jealous thinking of my 4100 with a lousy 128 MB RAM. ;-) > > However, all is not sweetness and light... > > 1. For some reason his new machine can't even see his Encyclopedia > Britannica CDRs from a few years ago. And > > 2. The new Dell thinks his Epson LQ-800 is a fax! Won't install as a > printer anyway. > > I checked the Epson site just now, and the help says even that old DMP > should be supported by Windows XP built-in drivers, so maybe it's just > something he's missing in the install. Anyone had a similar problem > and found the solution? > > The EB thing is pretty weird if the current CD drive can't even read > the CDRs! He was able to install and use other CDR-based programs > such as that set of Australian topo maps on CD that came out a couple > of years ago. > > Is it possible that the CD drives on modern Dell PCs simply can't read > older CDRs? > > [ He says he expected problems with the Epson as only a few weeks ago > he stocked up with five new printer ribbons before they disappeared > from the shelves. And you know what Murphy does to the best laid > plans! ] > > > Cheers, Phred. > > -- > ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,c694f7ca3958c36 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,c694f7ca3958c36 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-27 10:46:09 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!attbi_s04.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "BigJIm" <woody10277@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,aus.computers References: <bq54e1$1tmnla$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de> Subject: Re: New Dell & XP kills legacy Epson and Encyclopedia Britannica Lines: 46 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <QDrxb.328161$Fm2.337400@attbi_s04> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.3.69.229 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s04 1069958768 24.3.69.229 (Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:46:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:46:08 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:46:08 GMT