From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEdommel.be
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> Lukas Mariman wrote:
>> "Alric Knebel" schreef in bericht
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>>> Lukas Mariman wrote:
>>>> "Alric Knebel" schreef in bericht
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>>>>> Lukas Mariman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Lukas Mariman" schreef in bericht
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greeting, carbon units!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just went crazy (again) and got me a new PC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After years of upgrading my existing box piece by piece every so
>>>>>>> often, I wanted to take the other route and got me a brand PC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I bought an Acer Aspire M3610, which has an Intel Core 2 Quad
>>>>>>> processor, and comes with Vista Home Premium (and some assorted
>>>>>>> software included) preloaded.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Naturally, there don't seem to be any physical copies of Vista or
>>>>>>> anything else that was installed - instead there's some bare-bones
>>>>>>> documentation that doesn't really help at all, and a few blank
>>>>>>> "recovery" DVDs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Still figuring out how I am supposed to make a backup of Vista. :-/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, just sharing this touching stuff with you dudes/dudettes. If
>>>>>>> any of you have Acer stuff as well, I'd love to read what you think
>>>>>>> of it. Any experiences, horror stories etc. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, I'd like to formally give Hewlett-Packard the middle finger for
>>>>>> not bothering to write any Vista compatible drivers for my existing
>>>>>> Printer (Photosmart 7660) and scanner (Scanjet 3500c). Sure, they're
>>>>>> not the latest and greatest, but they're not exactly ancient
>>>>>> technology either!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How much time and effort is it for a high-profile technology
>>>>>> multinational to have someone write some drivers for some of their
>>>>>> own products?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am NOT amused. :-(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's an interesting complaint. When it comes time for me to buy a
>>>>> new computer (which will be before the year's out), I'm going to make
>>>>> it an HP. The reason is that they have excellent support. Whenever I
>>>>> wanted to make a change to my computer, I'd get online for the online
>>>>> support chat, and I'd get what I needed to know in a live chat.
>>>>> Whenever I had hardware or software malfunctions I couldn't solve, I'd
>>>>> go online again. They provide this for their customers long after the
>>>>> warranty has expired. If you CALL them for support after the warranty
>>>>> has expired, you have to pay a hefty sum. The online chat is free,
>>>>> and they've never failed to provide a solution.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I see. Well, I'm not asking for much; just some working drivers would
>>>> be nice.
>>>
>>> Try the online chat. They'll more than likely get you what you need.
>>
>> Allright, that might be worth a try.
>>
>> You'd think though that there are more people out there with this
>> problem. Or maybe I really AM the only Photosmart 7660 user left. :-)
>
> Perhaps try the XP drivers if you haven't already? Sometimes they seem to
> work with Vista, for certain hardware.
Well, here's an update... Thanks for the suggestions though.
As it turns out HP recommends a certain HP driver that IS included with
Vista (presumably a similar model) that should work for my printer.
And with some digging on their site I did find some EXE file for my scanner,
whatever it is or does, so I SHOULD be set.
I haven't tested either... yet.
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