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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Is XP Ready to run?
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:57:21 -0700
References: <000a01c14c94$39f01270$6501a8c0@mbaggetthome>


Mike - I am in love with my little old cheapie HP scanner (ScanJet 5s . . .
bet you never heard of it :) ). When I went to Windows 2000, I had the
fortune of having a computer built for me and the folks that built it
checked all of the drivers, etc. for all of my peripherals. Like you, there
is no updated driver for my scanner. My solution was to have the hard drive
out of my old computer installed as a second hard drive in my new system.
The old hard drive still has Win98 on it and I use it when I want to scan.
Now I can just switch back and forth until such time as I am ready to
relinquish my scanner which probably won't be soon unless someone comes out
with another upright, multi-sheet feed as opposed to a flat bed.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Baggett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:20 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Is XP Ready to run?


> I've been an HP fan for years but their track record for up to date
> drivers has been horrible lately. I had nothing but nightmares with my
> HP scanner on Windows 2000 and eventually gave it to my cousin (I had to
> wait several weeks for them to send me a driver CD which ended up not
> working very well). They never released updated drivers for an old HP
> Photo printer I had but fortunately, it broke so I had to buy a new one
> anyway. I now have an Epson 1640SU scanner and it works flawlessly.
>
> ...Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:23 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] Is XP Ready to run?
>
> Don,
>
> Thanks much for the encouragement. I've concluded that running XP on the
> new machine is the only way to go. Mainly it's the stability issues that
> drive that conclusion, and I really don't want to start with Win2k and
> upgrade later. But I've run the XP compatibility checker and find a lot
> of concerns - enough that I'm considering putting off the purchase.
> Here's what I found - any thoughts on any of them?
>
> HP Laserjet 4P (shared with Win98 & WinME machines) - Supposed to be OK,
> but HP says "all
> features" may not be supported. Assuming it works as a directly
> connected printer, any problem with the
> other machines sharing it??
>
> HP Deskjet 720C (accessed over network on WinME machine) - "Might Need
> Additional Files" - HP says
> they will be ready by release date. Assuming so, will it work to access
> the shared printer running on
> WinME machine??
>
> HP Scanjet 720C (shared over network with WinME machine) - MS sees no
> problem with scanner, but
> HP says drivers to be ready by release date (and are too big to download
> - you really should get their
> CD). However, MS doesn't know what the scanner sharing software is, and
> HP doesn't mention it
> separately. Not encouraging.
>
> HP CD-Writer 9500 - MS sees no problem, but HP says only the read
> function is supported out of the
> box, and that write function drivers will be available by release date.
>
> MS Exchange - MS says it won't work with XP, so I guess I'll have to
> finally by a fax program for the three
> faxes a year I receive.
>
> Norton - MS says they won't work, and Symantec agrees, so I'll have to
> upgrade.
>
> PartitionMagic - MS says no problem with ver 5.0 (but shows a problem
> with 6.0 on my wife's machine),
> but PowerQuest says I'll have to upgrade
>
> CookieCop - my favorite cookie and ad manager - status unknown.
>
> Wintop - MS says the copy on my machine is no problem, but the copy of
> the same version on my wife's
> machine will not work with XP. Hopefully XP is better behaved and this
> utility isn't needed on it.
>
> NetBEUI - MS says not compatible. So I'll have to change printer and
> file sharing to TCP/IP and lose a
> layer of protection against hackers.
>
> Of these, the ones of real concern are the sharing of printers and the
> scanner - those are show stoppers
> that would keep me from being able to use the new machine. Any idea if
> they are working for those using
> beta copies?
>
> Terry
>
>
>
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