Printer no longer recognised

I wanted to print a few photos, something I hadn't done for a few months
(Canon SP710 on Vista Insultingly called "Family" insultingly called
"Premium", a fairly common configuration).

V*sta failed to recognise the printer, which had previously worked ok many
times.

I had to uninstall it, reboot (thus closing the applications that were in
use), download a new driver, install it and the deal with that stupid V*sta
window that tells you the installation doesn't comply with V*sta and what do
you want to do about it.

If Microsoft can't handle one of the most common photo printers with one of
its most common OS, there must be something very seriously wrong.

Of course V*sta will shortly be declared obsolete (legacy in m$ speak). Do
they really expect us to pay still more money for the replacement which we
can expect from past experience to be even more horrible?

I WANT TO USE MY COMPUTER

"Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
news:576EACF9-9BFA-4189-B983-...
>I wanted to print a few photos, something I hadn't done for a few months
>(Canon SP710 on Vista Insultingly called "Family" insultingly called
>"Premium", a fairly common configuration).
>
> V*sta failed to recognise the printer, which had previously worked ok many
> times.
>
> I had to uninstall it, reboot (thus closing the applications that were in
> use), download a new driver, install it and the deal with that stupid
> V*sta window that tells you the installation doesn't comply with V*sta and
> what do you want to do about it.
>
> If Microsoft can't handle one of the most common photo printers with one
> of its most common OS, there must be something very seriously wrong.
>
> Of course V*sta will shortly be declared obsolete (legacy in m$ speak). Do
> they really expect us to pay still more money for the replacement which we
> can expect from past experience to be even more horrible?
>
> I WANT TO USE MY COMPUTER


Are you installing using the CD provided, or have you downloaded Vista
drivers from the Canon support pages?


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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

"Mike Hall - MVP" <> a écrit dans le message de
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> "Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
> news:576EACF9-9BFA-4189-B983-...
>>I wanted to print a few photos, something I hadn't done for a few months
>>(Canon SP710 on Vista Insultingly called "Family" insultingly called
>>"Premium", a fairly common configuration).
>>
>> V*sta failed to recognise the printer, which had previously worked ok
>> many times.
>>
>> I had to uninstall it, reboot (thus closing the applications that were in
>> use), download a new driver, install it and the deal with that stupid
>> V*sta window that tells you the installation doesn't comply with V*sta
>> and what do you want to do about it.
>>
>> If Microsoft can't handle one of the most common photo printers with one
>> of its most common OS, there must be something very seriously wrong.
>>
>> Of course V*sta will shortly be declared obsolete (legacy in m$ speak).
>> Do they really expect us to pay still more money for the replacement
>> which we can expect from past experience to be even more horrible?
>>
>> I WANT TO USE MY COMPUTER
>
>
> Are you installing using the CD provided, or have you downloaded Vista
> drivers from the Canon support pages?

I didn't have the disk to hand (I work in 2 places) so I went to the Canon
site.



>
>
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>
> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/