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I have the same problem with a printer hanging of an XP Home system (assume your (he) meant Home Edition). Can't print to it from Vista Ulitmate. I get the same error: access denied. If I hang the same printer off an XP Pro system I have no problem printing to the printer.

Did you get this resolved and what is the fix I am having the same
problem.


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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:55:54 +0100, Alias wrote:

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ray wrote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0500, kevin.panzke wrote: Ubuntu 9.10 Is 4 The Birds! Don't know about the birds, but my neighbors, the Byrds, love it! The rock stars?

They have some rocks out in the yard, but I don't think any of them look
much like stars.

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Alias

I believe this particular problem has nothing to do with the sidebar, no
doubt the side bar is switched off, i had the same problem. The
resolution is to apply an image to the desktop that fits your
resolution, it seems when vista tries to resize the image to fit a black
line appears. Reduce the size of your image ie: to 800x600 and then set
as desktop wallpaper and you should be fine.


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"He's a COLA snake in MS clothing" - I lol'd when I read that

He probably has, but there's nothing I like better than bashing fanboys of
either the windows, linux or apple genre...if you catch my drift ^_~

"Vista Succubus Hunter" wrote:

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Rawr wrote: I lol'd when I read that. You clearly have never actually tried Linux >. Oh, he has used Linux. He's a COLA snake in MS clothing. "Gordon" wrote: "Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D837AC0B-F858-4722-A27E-961E0338941F@microsoft.com... I'm glad the ubuntu team is working hard. That was the distro I was gonna go with (it was either ubuntu or Fedora) if not for 1 simple fact. Linux has next to no hardware support. That was its downfall in my attempted conversion to the linux world. Rubbish! Linux distributions in general have MORE hardware support than Windows, at least until Windows 7 came along... . .

Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my
attempted conversion. But i've already addressed that aspect of my statement
in my previous post so yeah, your argument has already been made moot.

"Gordon" wrote:

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"Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8192AAE0-438C-4621-B298-A41847F37027@microsoft.com... Someone who labels someone else's practical and logical opinion as "rubbish!" Should not preach to others about writing "silly statements". Hypocrite much? Perhaps the only over embellishment I made was about "next to no". But when you can't get get just 1 simple printer talking properly with the OS That's just one out of thousands then.....that does NOT constitute "no hardware support". .

"Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my attempted conversion.

Seems your in a small minority then....tough luck! You must have some very
esoteric hardware...

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I, too, did not get the upgrade
availabilty to show, but I finally got WMDC to reinstall - and it
worked!


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It also needs 2 be recalled by the European Union as a Defective Open
Source Operating System!

P.S. My Intermet Failed 2 Work With Ubuntu 9.10 Even Though It Worked
Just Fine With Ubuntu 9.04 And Windows 7!

You clearly have never tried to be stabilized on medications, dear.

You hope nothing else passes with this guy in charge

Get a Mac?
So Get out of this Windows forum then!
Go GET a MAC, and mov eon to Apple forums

So what do you call a small minority within an even smaller minority? (i.e.
the entire linux market). We must be going microscopic!

Oh and luck has nothing to do with the fact that manufacturers are not
supporting an OS that has very little market share and thus is a poor
investment on their part (with the possible exception of servers, but then -
how many servers are connected to a printer). Its called economics. But I
shouldn't be surprised, not everyone is endowed with the ability to think
analytically.

...tough luck!

And for funsies - one of the pieces of hardware was a canon mp class printer
- very esoteric indeed.

"Gordon" wrote:

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"Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B1B42F3E-5215-4EDF-86E3-B65316F13D23@microsoft.com... Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my attempted conversion. Seems your in a small minority then....tough luck! You must have some very esoteric hardware... .

ray wrote:

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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:55:54 +0100, Alias wrote: ray wrote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0500, kevin.panzke wrote: Ubuntu 9.10 Is 4 The Birds! Don't know about the birds, but my neighbors, the Byrds, love it! The rock stars? They have some rocks out in the yard, but I don't think any of them look much like stars. Alias

You never heard of The Byrds, the rock group?

Alias

Rawr wrote:

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So what do you call a small minority within an even smaller minority? (i.e. the entire linux market). We must be going microscopic! Oh and luck has nothing to do with the fact that manufacturers are not supporting an OS that has very little market share and thus is a poor investment on their part (with the possible exception of servers, but then - how many servers are connected to a printer). Its called economics. But I shouldn't be surprised, not everyone is endowed with the ability to think analytically. ..tough luck! And for funsies - one of the pieces of hardware was a canon mp class printer - very esoteric indeed.

Canon is notorious and infamous for not supporting Linux. Had you done
some research ...

Alias

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"Gordon" wrote: "Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B1B42F3E-5215-4EDF-86E3-B65316F13D23@microsoft.com... Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my attempted conversion. Seems your in a small minority then....tough luck! You must have some very esoteric hardware... .

A major worldwide manufacturer is notorious for not supporting linux
invalidates my point how? Any 'research' taken that somehow indicates this
would only reaffirm everything i've been saying.

But I shouldn't get carried away - it's clear you haven't properly read any
of the above posts. Had you done so you would have read the words: "one
of...". To give other examples; My webcam, wireless mouse and keyboard and of
course the laptop I was trying to install it on. Really useful to have an OS
that doesn't accurately report battery levels or viably manages wireless
connectivity or hardware buttons. Oh and lets not forget that only recently
has installing graphics drivers not been a massive chore. Ubuntu's done well
with their repos on that one now thankfully (no thanks to the manufacturers).
Sad part of that is that we're talking about just 1 distro - the problem
still persists in most others.

But all the aforementioned indicates just one thing: Linux is not a
practical solution to the average user. Which was my original point! Don't
think however, I wouldn't like it to be (all my music is in ogg format!).

"Alias" wrote:

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Rawr wrote: So what do you call a small minority within an even smaller minority? (i.e. the entire linux market). We must be going microscopic! Oh and luck has nothing to do with the fact that manufacturers are not supporting an OS that has very little market share and thus is a poor investment on their part (with the possible exception of servers, but then - how many servers are connected to a printer). Its called economics. But I shouldn't be surprised, not everyone is endowed with the ability to think analytically. ..tough luck! And for funsies - one of the pieces of hardware was a canon mp class printer - very esoteric indeed. Canon is notorious and infamous for not supporting Linux. Had you done some research ... Alias "Gordon" wrote: "Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B1B42F3E-5215-4EDF-86E3-B65316F13D23@microsoft.com... Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my attempted conversion. Seems your in a small minority then....tough luck! You must have some very esoteric hardware... . .

Rawr wrote:

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A major worldwide manufacturer is notorious for not supporting linux invalidates my point how? Any 'research' taken that somehow indicates this would only reaffirm everything i've been saying.

Yeah, buy an HP printer. Problem solved.

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But I shouldn't get carried away - it's clear you haven't properly read any of the above posts. Had you done so you would have read the words: "one of...". To give other examples; My webcam,

Get a Logitech web cam. Problem solved.

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wireless mouse and keyboard and of course the laptop I was trying to install it on.

USB wired mice and keyboards aren't exactly expensive.

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Really useful to have an OS that doesn't accurately report battery levels or viably manages wireless connectivity or hardware buttons.

I don't do wireless but there are solutions if you were to ask on an
Ubuntu forum.

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Oh and lets not forget that only recently has installing graphics drivers not been a massive chore. Ubuntu's done well with their repos on that one now thankfully (no thanks to the manufacturers). Sad part of that is that we're talking about just 1 distro - the problem still persists in most others.

Don't use the others.

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But all the aforementioned indicates just one thing: Linux is not a practical solution to the average user. Which was my original point! Don't think however, I wouldn't like it to be (all my music is in ogg format!).

If one insists on incompatible hardware, you get what you deserve. I
like .flac better.

Alias

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"Alias" wrote: Rawr wrote: So what do you call a small minority within an even smaller minority? (i.e. the entire linux market). We must be going microscopic! Oh and luck has nothing to do with the fact that manufacturers are not supporting an OS that has very little market share and thus is a poor investment on their part (with the possible exception of servers, but then - how many servers are connected to a printer). Its called economics. But I shouldn't be surprised, not everyone is endowed with the ability to think analytically. ..tough luck! And for funsies - one of the pieces of hardware was a canon mp class printer - very esoteric indeed. Canon is notorious and infamous for not supporting Linux. Had you done some research ... Alias "Gordon" wrote: "Rawr" <Rawr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B1B42F3E-5215-4EDF-86E3-B65316F13D23@microsoft.com... Oh don't worry - there were plenty of others examples I encountered in my attempted conversion. Seems your in a small minority then....tough luck! You must have some very esoteric hardware... . .

Just to go back to the origin of this thread.

I have loaded the Freecom software that came with the Freecom 500GB
external hard disk on 3 machines using Vista and in all instances it
corrupted either the DVD or the USB ports. It was never clear whether
the drivers were corrupted since the Vista Driver Manager reported the
drivers as correct. The problem appeared to be that the operating system
could not load them.

The only solution was to re-install the operating system from scratch
and rebuild the systems.

Both MESH and Lenovo technical suspport resorted to this recovery
option.


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Alias wrote:

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ray wrote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0500, kevin.panzke wrote: Ubuntu 9.10 Is 4 The Birds! Don't know about the birds, but my neighbors, the Byrds, love it! The rock stars? Alias

You will be happy to now note http://whitehouse.gov (USA Government) is
now using Linux to serve up the web pages.

I guess they gave up on MS-Windows.

Canuck57 wrote:

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Alias wrote: ray wrote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0500, kevin.panzke wrote: Ubuntu 9.10 Is 4 The Birds! Don't know about the birds, but my neighbors, the Byrds, love it! The rock stars? Alias You will be happy to now note http://whitehouse.gov (USA Government) is now using Linux to serve up the web pages. I guess they gave up on MS-Windows.

Obama ain't dumb.

Alias