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In article <QDrxb.328161$Fm2.337400@attbi_s04>, 
"BigJIm" <woody10277@hotmail.com> wrote:
>when you upgrade to xp some of the software and hardware has to be
>reinstalled.

It wasn't an upgrade, Rod.  It was a new system bought to replace a 
bloody awful Compaq.  He was trying to install his stuff on it that 
used to run on the BAC.

>"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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Cheers, Phred.

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