WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
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From: Patrick Keenan on 22 Feb 2010 22:17 "Al Smith" <invalid(a)address.com> wrote in message news:hluimo$fo6$6(a)news.eternal-september.org... > mike wrote: > >> It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the >> hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of excuses. >> I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to continue to work!!! >> It may not support new features, but it should do at least what it used >> to do. >> Period!!! >> Microsoft has let us down in that area. Sorry for any inconvenience, >> my A$$. > > > Tell me about it. I've got a perfectly good Epson Perfection Photo 1260 > flatbed scanner, and it won't run under Windows 7 x64. No driver for it. Excuse me, Al, but taking a look at the Epson site, I don't see any mention of Epson ever providing any 64-bit drivers for that product. What I do see is a FAQ that clearly states that Epson wrote no 64-bit Vista drivers, and that implies that there were no 64-bit XP drivers either. So, the OS you previously ran this on was almost certainly 32-bit, not 64. This isn't a trivial detail. Epson does point to a 3rd party product (Hamrick VueScan) whose 64-bit drivers *might* work, but Epson wasn't providing or supporting those drivers. And that 3rd party application was and is not free. It may, however, get you the support you want, and there is a free trial, so here is the link for it: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html > Epson can't be bothered writing one, Epson apparently couldn't be bothered to write a 64-bit version at any time in the past, either, so this isn't really a change. > and Microsoft just doesn't care. More properly, your Epson scanner is not an MS product and drivers for it are not Microsoft's responsibility. It can be surprising what isn't supported under 64-bit OS's. I would have thought that ProTools, an industry-standard professional level audio recording software would want the extended memory in a 64-bit system. And I would have been wrong, because it didn't support or run on 64-bit anything until very recently. It's still not officially supported, it's only the latest releases, it's still 32-bit code and requires that the audio interface have 64-bit drivers. -pk > > -Al-
From: Patrick Keenan on 22 Feb 2010 22:18 "Frank" <fb(a)amk.cmo> wrote in message news:4b82d104(a)news.x-privat.org... > Al Smith wrote: >> mike wrote: >> >>> It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the >>> hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of excuses. >>> I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to continue to work!!! >>> It may not support new features, but it should do at least what it used >>> to do. >>> Period!!! >>> Microsoft has let us down in that area. Sorry for any inconvenience, >>> my A$$. >> >> >> Tell me about it. I've got a perfectly good Epson Perfection Photo 1260 >> flatbed scanner, and it won't run under Windows 7 x64. No driver for it. >> Epson can't be bothered writing one, and Microsoft just doesn't care. >> >> -Al- > > Hummm...MS has nothing to do with Epson drivers. And Epson didn't provide any 64-bit drivers in the past, either.
From: Gordon on 23 Feb 2010 04:52 "Maurice Batey" <maurice(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message news:pan.2010.02.21.17.06.11.431304(a)nomail.afraid.org... > > Running W7 'Home Premium' (i.e. one of the 'crippled' versions), There's only one "crippled" version and that's 7 Starter....
From: Gordon on 23 Feb 2010 04:55 "mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote in message news:hltt09$bru$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the > hardware I already have. Sure. Like they can test it with MILLIONS of different appliances peripherals and internal hardware. What a STUPID statement. That's the purpose of BETA and RC releases so the MANUFACTURER can test their own products. Complain to the manufacturer of your hardware if it doesn't work.
From: Maurice Batey on 23 Feb 2010 11:31
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:17:59 -0500, Patrick Keenan wrote: > It can be surprising what isn't supported under 64-bit OS's. I was amazed that this 64-bit W7 Home Premium not only had a driver for my ancient HP5150 deskjet, but installed it on the fly! -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |