Recent content by Danaw

Hi, Try PowerDesk 8 from Avanquest it works fine with both x86 & x64 Win7. DanaW

I have installed win7 x64 on a new hdd and installed most of the software that I had used on the old (pre rtm ) x86 installation. my computer is now in dual boot mode with the option of x64 or x86. I now have complete confidence in the x64 version running everything and want to uninstall the...

Thanks Drew, I am doing as you suggest but am having trouble removing the universal driver that I had tried earlier. I'll keep at it and then try installing as per you instructions. One thing that I noticed in the x64 printer page that is different from the x86 one is the absence of the print...

I just installed (clean on new HDD) win 7 x64. The computer is now dual boot with win7 x86. the problem is that my printer, HP laserjet 4000, will not work through the netgear print server under x64. It works fine on 2 other computers, laptop with win 7 x86 and old HP vectra under XP pro, as...

Do you mean firewire or firewall? The My Book came with firewire interface, the model is mainlt for Macs but since the ESATA on my Dell doesn't work I prefere firewire to USB as it is faster for straight data trandfer. DanaW

Hi, I have been using win 7 since the beta days on both an ASUS laptop & Dell XPS420 and have had no problems with external hard drives. I use 3 diffferent ones, an ASUS USB/ESATA, a generic USB enclosure that takes both SATA and IDE drives, and a My BooK with USB/Firewire? ESATA interface...

HP drivers on second thought maybe the reason that my LJ4000 works is that it is/was a business level printer so the support would tend to be better. DanaW

HP drivers Not all old HP products are unworkable with Vista/Win7 I have a 10+ year old Laserjet 4000 and a Scanjet 5300 of simular age. The printer works just fine with the standard drivers that come from HP and windows update. The scanner along with most others work using Vuescan whose...

Hi again, I just clean installed the 32bit RTM on my laptop and found no problems with PD7. Before both computers had RC1 installed as an upgrade to Vista. Maybe the problem was carried over from Vista. I'll clean install on the desktop when I get another external HDD to backup everything...

Pd7 Hi, Sorry not to reply sooner. I use 32 bit w7 on both a Dell XPS420 & an ASUS M51 laptop. The trouble is intermitent on both, usually after using windows explorer. DanaW

Hi all, Thanks for your replies. I too find that IE8 is much improved over IE7 but is still quite a bit slower than Firefox 3.5 The question remains the security of the browsers ie is IE8 more secure than Firefox? Dana W

I too have been a long time user of PD and use version 7 now. I have experienced the same problem and learned to use task manager to delete the multiple sessions. It works as well with W7 as with Vista. That said I have found the with each release of a new windows the explorer is getting...

backup software Hi, I looked at backup software last year and after trying some found the Backup4all was the best for me. worked well with Vista and just as well under W7. it is not free but has several version starting from lite at ~$20. link is Backup Software - Backup4all - Data Backup...

I am running W7 RC1 and find it a definate improvement over Vista. The only niggle I have is that IE8 runs slowly as compared to Firefox 3. I have read that IE8 has greater security than Firefox. My question is: Are the security issues great enough for me to put up with the slow browsing? DanaW

Chong, Download VueScan from VueScan Scanning Software Install it as directed. It will install a driver that will work for your scanner. Then you can either use VueScan as your scanner program or reinstall HP precision scan and use that. As far as the Laserjet printer is concerned I...