WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
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From: kony on 23 Feb 2010 14:53 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:05:28 -0500, Zaidy036 <Zaidy036NOSPAM(a)optonline.net> wrote: >I found one for my 1650 Scanner that works great. > >So look here: (this is one very long URL) > >http://www.kvaz.com/index.php?q=epson+perfection+1260+vista+x64 >+driver.rar&search2=Search+files!&stype=all&S1=%3Ca+target%3D%22_blank% >22+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvaz.com%22% >3EThe+best+Rapidshare+Search+Engine+for+epson+perfection+1650+vista+x64 >+driver.rar+-+over+12+488+551+links!%3C%2Fa%3E&forum=[url%3Dhttp%3A%2F% >2Fwww.kvaz.com%2Ffile_epson%2Bperfection%2B1650%2Bvista%2Bx64% >2Bdriver.rar.html]epson+perfection+1650+vista+x64+driver.rar[%2Furl] >&forum=%3Ca+href%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvaz.com%2Ffile_epson% >2Bperfection%2B1650%2Bvista%2Bx64%2Bdriver.rar.html%27+title%3D% >27epson+perfection+1650+vista+x64+driver.rar%27%3Eepson+perfection+1650 >+vista+x64+driver.rar%3C%2Fa%3E&forum=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvaz.com% >2Ffile_epson%2Bperfection%2B1650%2Bvista%2Bx64%2Bdriver.rar.html lol Longest link ever?
From: kony on 23 Feb 2010 14:58 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:02:06 -0800, mike <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote: >This "throw away everything and start over" every few years has gotta >stop!!! > Why not just call the police so the person holding a gun to your head, forcing you to use Win7 instead of XP, is hauled away? Remember, you're the one who chooses what OS to use, based on its merits. I agree MS should take greater measures to support backwards compatibility with drivers but we can't expect it since they have a monopoly position in the PC OS market.
From: SC Tom on 23 Feb 2010 15:37 "kony" <spam(a)spam.com> wrote in message news:0mc8o5lft3dj99tk5ki9a5qorbs3t5j7ab(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:02:06 -0800, mike <spamme0(a)go.com> > wrote: > > >>This "throw away everything and start over" every few years has gotta >>stop!!! >> > > > Why not just call the police so the person holding a gun to > your head, forcing you to use Win7 instead of XP, is hauled > away? > > Remember, you're the one who chooses what OS to use, based > on its merits. I agree MS should take greater measures to > support backwards compatibility with drivers but we can't > expect it since they have a monopoly position in the PC OS > market. Instead of Microsoft being responsible for backwards compatibility with outdated hardware, why shouldn't the hardware manufacturer be responsible for providing updated drivers? It would certainly be cheaper in the long run for each manufacturer to write new drivers than it would be for Microsoft to insure it, but then, HP and the rest wouldn't be selling anything new if their 20 year old printer has Windows 7 drivers. Are you willing to pay the extra big bucks for Windows to be compatible with every piece of hardware ever made? Can you even imagine what that cost would be? I can't. All I could see would be "You can have the latest Windows version, Windows 2015, for only $3,917 for the Home Starter Edition, with guaranteed backwards compatibility through Windows3.11." Ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes :-) -- SC Tom
From: JE on 23 Feb 2010 18:14 This new update might be helpfull : http://support.microsoft.com/KB/976264
From: Dave on 24 Feb 2010 02:18
"mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote in message news:hluuvk$g1p$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Nil wrote: >> On 22 Feb 2010, mike <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote in alt.windows7.general: >> >>> It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible >>> with the hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of >>> excuses. I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to >>> continue to work!!! It may not support new features, but it should >>> do at least what it used to do. >>> Period!!! >> >> Sorry, but you're living in a fantasy world - that's not the way it goes. >> Unless Microsoft makes an explicit claim that a certain piece of hardware >> will work, out-of-the-box with Windows, then it's up to the manufacturer >> to supply the device driver. That's the way it has ALWAYS worked with >> EVERY version of Windows. That's probably the way it will always work. >> Get used to it... and urge the hardware vendor to release updated >> drivers. You're more liable to get results doing that than complaining >> here or to Microsoft. >> >> I just built myself this handy dandy digital butt-scratcher with a USB >> interface. Do you suppose Windows 7 supports it? > > You're welcome to your bend-over-and-take-it attitude. > If XP could run my hardware device, there's no reason that W7 can't. > The code is already written. It works just fine. > M$ CHOSE to change things in a manner that caused a perfectly working > driver to quit working. I don't care WHY they did it. I want them > to continue to include the support they already had. > > My C: drive is 9gigabytes of M$ bloat. Another bit of bloat for legacy > support wouldn't have killed them. > > Yes, I'm sure there are all kinds of excuses. I don't want excuses. > I want those M$ geniuses to figger out how to make it work. > You can bet if it had been a priority, it would have happened. > > This "throw away everything and start over" every few years has gotta > stop!!! > > Dear valued customer, > Toyoter motor company announces an exciting new line of motor vehicles > chock full of features you'll never use. In order to support these > exciting new features, we had to change some parameters. > > Our new vehicles are no longer compatible with garages built prior > to 1998. > > Some parking spaces no longer work. You'll find that out when you > reach your destination and try to park. > > In order to use toll roads, you'll need to purchase the optional > toll upgrade that works...mostly... > > Our vehicles are no longer permitted in school zones. > > Standard gasoline from your corner filling station will still > work in compatibility mode with significantly reduced fuel mileage. > > If you have any child car seats or personal electronic items that were > used in your car, you will need to replace them. Legacy snow tires are no > longer supported. > Any towable trailers will need to be replaced. > > Our ULTIMATE upgrade is required for trips greater than 100 miles. > > Please remember that Toyoter motor company is the ONLY option available > to you. We trust you will continue to buy our products...because > you have no other choice. > > Sorry for any inconvenience. Your analogy as a joke is actually the truth. We now have to use spark plugs that are more refined and expensive, no longer use a single coil that you can scavenge from one vehicle to another (most of the time), can't use that extra carburetor sitting on the shelf, can't use a cheater bar to tighten bolts down anymore--have to use a torque wrench. Can't check for spark by holding a plug wire a short distance from spark plug, and on and on and on and on. That's one of the reasons salvage yards get old vehicles, at some point in time the manufacturers stop producing parts for them and the only source is aftermarket, demand is so low that sources dry up, price goes way up and finally no-one wants to fix it, they sell it for salvage. If you think about this you can draw your own parallel to MS and hardware manufacturers and drivers. Sadly, you have to do the same with your old hardware. You can gently lay it next to some of those old monochrome (green and amber) monitors, dot-matrix printers and Intel 286 CPU motherboards. Or, if it makes you feel better, you can mutilate it first in any manner you choose except water boarding it as that's not PC. (Pun intended) Dave |