Can I use monitor and printer from old XP with new Vista PC?

pseudopensioner

savemoney wrote: »

Is this it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B0007TVJ18/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0/280-4362639-8467643?ie=UTF8&index=0

Yes, that's the one.

CLLC

Rock_Bottom wrote: »

This is it when you go from XP to Vista ... some things work and some things don't, costs a fortune. Damn that Bill Gates. :rolleyes:

You are so right , i have to get a new printer now

I had an lexmark x1180 which i bought with my first computer which is xp.

and recently i bought a new laptop , yes , with vista and it doesn't work properly!!

WELL , I suppose thats a good thing , i mean the lexmark was rather expensive to maintain and didn't last much at all.

Now , i heard that the epsons are nice and cheap and efficient so i'm thinking of changing , any ideas???

I had the epson stylus SX200 In mind :j

Conor_3

Rock_Bottom wrote: »

This is it when you go from XP to Vista ... some things work and some things don't, costs a fortune. Damn that Bill Gates. :rolleyes:

Another muppet...

Microsoft don't write hardware drivers, the hardware companies do. Microsoft merely provide them the tools and the requirements of the OS. Shout at the hardware vendors for not having drivers even though they had 3 years to write them for Vista.

savemoney

True and no one is making anyone use Vista. Most hardware if its a couple of years old will work, but it would be unreasonable and damn rightly costly if MS had to support all hardware and we the customer would ultimately pay in the end, as you rightly said its hrdware companies who provide drivers MS just authorize it

Conor wrote: »

Another muppet...

Microsoft don't write hardware drivers, the hardware companies do. Microsoft merely provide them the tools and the requirements of the OS. Shout at the hardware vendors for not having drivers even though they had 3 years to write them for Vista.

Reggie_Rebel

CLLC wrote: »

You are so right , i have to get a new printer now

I had an lexmark x1180 which i bought with my first computer which is xp.

and recently i bought a new laptop , yes , with vista and it doesn't work properly!!

http://downloads.lexmark.com/perl/downloads/downloads.cgi

You can download a Vista driver here.