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How many peripherals did you retire after upgrading to new Windows OS?

Apr 16, 2010 7:35AM PDT
How many peripherals have you had to retire after upgrading to Windows Vista or 7?

-- None at all (Lucky you!)
-- One. (What were they?)
-- Two. (What were they?)
-- Three. (What were they?)
-- Four. (Wow, that many? What were they?)
-- Five. (Wow, that many? What were they?)
-- Six or more. (Wow, that many? What were they?)
-- I haven't upgraded.
-- I don't do Windows.

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ONE .. Canoscan 4200f flatbed scanner .. (W7)
Apr 17, 2010 12:33AM PDT

I read somewhere on the 'net that a scanner that has film scanning built in interacts directly with the OS in such a way that won't work with Vista or 7. Same scanner would not work on iMac running OSX.
I didn't give up on the 4200f, I keep a hard drive with XP that I only boot to run that scanner .. and a 2001 copy of Picture it! publishing.

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BROTHER MFC5440-CN
Apr 17, 2010 1:31AM PDT

I was able to make it work from windows updgrade, but decided that I wanted the full support of the Mulifuncion capabilities, so I went with the Vista 64 bits full download drivers and installed that on my 64 bits Windows 7 Pro, no problems and got back the PC Fax at the same time.

I just have praise with Windows

PS that printers is fairly old i.e. 4 years old at least.

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Lost Two but Own a Good One
Apr 17, 2010 2:13AM PDT

Earlier I was using my Intel PIII 1.0 GHz since Jun 2001, 02 years back updated to EE Intel processor with 1 GB Graphics from N-Vidia and 4 GB RAM and SATA 500GB and VIsta Ultimate, but as I started using Full HD Monitor so neither monitor supported my old HP3400C(Scanner)and lexmark Z32 Printer nor the OS, receently switched over to Win 7 Ultimate that too failed. But presenly, I got a new all in one which both way helped my space, headache for upgradation and money at the same time. So, anyway thanx to Microsoft for letting customers upgrade forcibly for their benefit as well Microsoft's business.

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Win 7 32 & 64 bit Peripherals
Apr 17, 2010 2:46AM PDT

When I installed Wins 7 32 bit on the release date, all my peripherals worked correctly. On 4/10/10, I upgraded to the 64 bit version of Win 7. So far everthing is working with no hitches. This includes my 10 year old scanner. Either all the driver updates were included with Win 7 or my automatic driver updates ran.

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main and customer's
Apr 17, 2010 3:59AM PDT

Personally, I lost my printer and scanner, and Vista thought that I ought to buy a new video camera as well. A lot of my customers also had to replace equipment. I don't mind so much the old stuff, but some of the things that I had to replace were still new, or even pruchased after Vista came out. I think that retailers should have to make it clear that an item won't work with a current OS, or that I only works with the 32-bit version of the OS that is listed on the box.

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Peripheral?
Apr 17, 2010 6:30AM PDT

The only real problem was my beloved Combat Flight Simulator 2 game. When we got the new Vista laptop in 2008, I'd hoped its faster components, portability, and 4MB RAM would be an improvement over our 2001 1MB RAM desktop's game performance problems. Much to my chagrin after the purchase, I was warned not to try running the game on Vista. So I haven't, and it's been a real bummer, esp. since I struggled with whether to order the laptop with XP or Vista in the first place, and had waited for MS to get most of the bugs out of Vista and put plenty of RAM aboard to handle it.

Otherwise, once we got used to Vista, it works fine for us, with none of the common issues people originally griped about.

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Retired peripherals
Apr 17, 2010 11:43AM PDT

Only 1,a HP Deskjet 990cxi Printer. No new drivers for that model.

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epson 1250 Scanner on Windows 74 bit
Apr 17, 2010 1:11PM PDT

All my devices and software work on W7 except my Epson scanner, there isn't a 64 bit driver

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I retired three.
Apr 17, 2010 3:44PM PDT

When I was upgrading to Windows 7, I had to retire:
1. My ADSL Router: It was connected to USB port and had no driver for Windows 7; neither 32-bit nor 64-bit.
2. My Sound System: It was a SoundMax integrated sound chip on my ASUS P5LD2 SE motherboard. There is only beta driver available for it that works with Windows Vista and Windows 7 but is very quirky. Windows Update immediately updates to Microsoft High-Definition Somethin' and takes away a lot of its features including recording.
3. My old IDE hard disk. This hard disk was too slow for Windows 7.

My HP ScanJet 3128 also lost its enhanced driver which was not compatible with Windows 7 and is now using a basic WIA driver. I also had to retire my Diskeeper and Kaspersky Internet Security because they were incompatible with Windows 7.

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Goodbye SCSI
Apr 18, 2010 4:45AM PDT

The only thing I lost moving to Windows 7 was my SCSI installation- an Adaptec 2960 card plus three peripherals-an HP tape drive HP stopped supporting many years ago, and two hard drives. Adaptec stopped supporting all SCSI cards without explanation-typical company behavior-the hell with people who have their equipment. They are now all SATA RAID all the time now. A canny business decision that damns the customer as usual.
Windows 7 works okay but like all Windows OS's it eats fabulous amounts of memory and CPU during normal operation. If I try to do things like move down a page while Windows 'draws' icons on the desktop or something similar-it's Blue Screen of Death time. Not the first Windows version with this problem.

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So far one
Apr 18, 2010 11:17AM PDT

I was not able to use my Dazzle Video Creater (to capture VHS on my computer). I upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit from Vista 32-bit. That is not so bad as I am retiring my XP computer and will be keeping my Vista as the second computer in our home.

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Lohitech Pro 5000 ebcam
Apr 18, 2010 5:41PM PDT

There are two models of this, so a 50/50 chance of habing a compatible device. Check the Logitech site for details, I was very disppo9inted.

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One
Apr 18, 2010 11:39PM PDT

My Epson Scanner, for which Epson refuses to provide drivers. Guess which brand I will NOT be buying when I replace it.

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Retired Two
Apr 19, 2010 6:34AM PDT

Had to retire a wireless adapter and an external hard drive. Checked the websites for both products and no 64 bit drivers were available. Apparently, they want to sell new equipment.

It also affected the way I download from my Canon EOS 10D camera. Suprisingly, Canon is not supplying a driver either. I didn't have to retire this device as the solution has been to remove the memory card and have the PC read it directly.

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Upgrading to Vista or Windows 7 - (I have not yet upgraded)
Apr 20, 2010 12:55PM PDT

I am another retiree and am still having multiple problems upgrading to a (relatively) new Windows XP system, so much so that I recently bought a secondhand 2000 Pro machine. This op sys seems far more user friendly - why did they ever abandon it? - and it has brought a lot of my old software friends back into reliable use again. I am now wondering whether to abandon or downgrade (upgrade to Windows 2000 Pro?) my Compaq Windows XP machine.
Currently I have not dared trying to use my HP 35mm slide scanner with anything but my very old Windows 98SE machine, with which it works like a charm. It would probably work just as well with Windows 2000 Pro, but I would be very grateful if one of your other readers can tell me if this is so before I even start trying to install the SCSI interface board.