On my Vista 32 bit OS system, with MS Office 2003, if I highlight two word documents then RIGHT click it has the Print option and when I LEFT click on Print, MSWord opens for each document and then prints. I do have my printer vendor's Vista driver, it could be a driver issue if all you have is a basic function built in driver. Does the printer vendor have a driver for Vista?
Many thanks, apparently HP don't have a Vista driver specifically for my old-ish 840c - they say to use the Windows default one. I'll have to try Dell on-line chat on Monday I guess.
Actually, upgrading to Vista is to be avoided if you use old programs and hardware under XP - nothing seem to make the leap to Vista - printer, webcam, bluetooth dongle, old copy of MS....non work any more......
Hardware is the main issue with Vista. But, that was true of XP, too. When XP came out a lot of the older hardware such as printers and scanners were not compatible with XP and users had to upgrade to XP compatible devices.
Software is not as critical. ALL of the software I was using with XP is compatible and works with Vista in the native mode - I don't have to use the compatibility mode for anything.
fireberd
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March 21st, 2009 04:00
On my Vista 32 bit OS system, with MS Office 2003, if I highlight two word documents then RIGHT click it has the Print option and when I LEFT click on Print, MSWord opens for each document and then prints. I do have my printer vendor's Vista driver, it could be a driver issue if all you have is a basic function built in driver. Does the printer vendor have a driver for Vista?
philhoad
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March 21st, 2009 07:00
Many thanks, apparently HP don't have a Vista driver specifically for my old-ish 840c - they say to use the Windows default one. I'll have to try Dell on-line chat on Monday I guess.
Actually, upgrading to Vista is to be avoided if you use old programs and hardware under XP - nothing seem to make the leap to Vista - printer, webcam, bluetooth dongle, old copy of MS....non work any more......
fireberd
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March 22nd, 2009 04:00
Hardware is the main issue with Vista. But, that was true of XP, too. When XP came out a lot of the older hardware such as printers and scanners were not compatible with XP and users had to upgrade to XP compatible devices.
Software is not as critical. ALL of the software I was using with XP is compatible and works with Vista in the native mode - I don't have to use the compatibility mode for anything.