Windows 7 not compatible with loads of my stuff

binnie

Today my husband bought me a new laptop with Windows 7 on.
I have tried to load up my Dymo Label printer 310 but it doesn't recognise it, or it won't find any drivers.
I can't use MGI Photo suite which I have got used to over the years.
I can't check my emilas through outlook express and the list is endless. I feel so annoyed now.
I'm not even sure which anti virus software to use. It has given me a 30 day free trial of Mcfee???
:mad:

Can anybody help in simple terms in how to get my emails. I know I can use Orange and mail2web etc, but want to use outlook as me and hubbie have a similar email address and had it set up that he gets his emails and I get mine.

Also I bought a dongle 3g a few weeks ago as we are having problems with orange broadband and now the dongle won't work with Windows 7.
I'm sick of having to cough up buying new software.

Antispam

Have you tried the vista drivers as sometimes they work with windows 7

http://www.dymo-label-printers.co.uk/Dymo-LabelWriter-Vista-driver.html

To be honest any OS has problems windows 7 has to be one of the best OS MS released for many years even xp had problems with hardware

For mail client use mozilla thunderbird its free http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

MGI Photo suite trying using compatibility mode in windows 7

in program shortcut, properties, compatibility run win windows xp/Vista

Example

davester

beat me too it Antispam lol

Antispam

firewall/av its free

http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Runs perfect in windows 7 I use it myself in 3 computers and 1 laptop

According to orange the dongle should work in windows 7

-TangleFoot-

Antispam wrote: »

Have you tried the vista drivers as sometimes they work with windows 7

Note: the correct site is here.

Antispam

Link I gave has the vista driver, its direct link from the link you gave


Platform: Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit

Important Notes:

This version of software does not support Windows 95, 98 or NT.
Customers still running Windows NT should use DLS 4.31.
Customers still running Windows 98 should use DLS 7.5.0.8.
Windows 95 is no longer supported.
This software only supports 300 and 400 series printers through direct USB connectivity:
- LabelWriter 400
- LabelWriter 400 Turbo
- LabelWriter Duo
- LabelWriter Twin Turbo
- LabelWriter 310 (models 90966, 93029 & 93034 ONLY)
- LabelWriter 320 (models 90892, 93031 & 93036 ONLY)
- LabelWriter 330 Turbo (models 90884, 93033 & 93038, USB ONLY)
The other 300 series printers are not compatible with Vista and need DLS 7.6
Add in's
This software includes Add in's for:
- Outlook 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.
The Outlook Add-In does not work with Microsoft Outlook Express.
- Word 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.
- WordPerfect 12 and 13 for Windows.
- Palm Desktop all versions up till 4.1.4
- Excel 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007

Download and install instructions:
After downloading one of the files, unzip the file to a location.
Double-click the file install.exe and follow the online instructions.

Important notice when upgrading to or reinstalling DYMO Label Software.
Always uninstall previous versions of DLS
Important: When reinstalling or upgrading: the Label Files folder is replaced. Your own customized labels, stored in the Label Files folder (default is ..C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsDYMO LabelLabel Files), will be deleted.

To save your customized labels and address book
1. Copy the .lwl and sample list.dal files to a temporary folder.
2. After uninstalling and reinstalling DLS, move the labels files from the temporary folder back into the Label Files and address book folder.

Download DYMO LabelWriter Vista Drivers & Software v7.7

NEW! DYMO LabelWriter Vista Drivers & Software v7.8

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Note: the correct site is here.

-TangleFoot-

Antispam wrote: »

Link I gave has the vista driver, its direct link from the link you gave

They're totally different domains. If you look closely, you'll notice that the page you've linked to is owned by a reseller of Dymo products. They've simply copied and pasted the text!

Antispam

I got the link from your link when I clicked on windows tab at bottom it went to the link I posted so the source is legit.

I know because I found your link first I then clicked on windows tab as shown below

binnie

Blimey guys, thanks for the responses. I will try and do what you say.
At the moment I'm back on my old laptop using my dongle as Orange is still not working.
I made 23 phone calls to them and they blamed our router, etc.
It has been connected ok for about 5 days, but now it's playing up again.
They are meant to be sending us a free orange live box and giving us a reduced fee for the same package.
Sorry off topic, but fed up :mad:

I will try and get back on my new laptop and see what I can do. I may be back as I'm not very computer techie

redux

They're mostly on about the compatibility stuff which is over my head

Microsoft have split out the email client into an optional free package called Windows Live Essentials, which is a slightly ironic name if they didn't supply it in there anyway, and includes other components

http://download.live.com/

Either go for that or a different email client as suggested above

For anti-virus, I wouldn't bother with McAfee. It's not bad, but uses a lot of resources, and there are better. I'd suggest the free personal version of Avira, which has been coming out near the top of reviews for a while. It had some slow update issues caused by queues on its servers not long ago, but they've changed file formats and whatever else and most update downloads are now small files and lightning fast, typically a second or two

-TangleFoot-

Antispam wrote: »

I know because I found your link first I then clicked on windows tab

Comparison of links:

• Download DYMO LabelWriter Vista Drivers & Software v7.7 (dymo-label-printers.co.uk)
• DLS 7.7 English (global.dymo.com)

Though the downloads might well contain the same software, they are hosted on different servers. I prefer to get stuff from official sources; I only resort to mirrors when the original is unavailable.

To install the software, try following the instructions here.