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Assumed wrongly that problems with XP Home factory installed on year old Toshiba Laptop were not XP caused, a realization I came to when all exact same problems showed up on desktop process changing from Win98 to XP Home Full
Images saved off internet as .jpeg or .bmp in fact saved as .file. Using MS Photo Editor (MS Office 97) as response "open with" dialogue box results "unknown file format" msg while opening same file from within PE yields correct image displayed.
HP 1220c printer installed on desktop running Win98 networked lost features has when accessed by PC's running Win98 when migrated to XP. Latest HP driver appears correct problem when checking printer properties but unable to print to printer. Changing driver back to as provided on XP CD allows printing again take place, but printer features lost
Spell checker Outlook Express fails with "error occurred while... " aborting spell check. Spell check same doc with MS Word (MS Office 97) same PC performs correctly
These problems occur both platforms running XP, none running Win98, on a small home network 3 desktops and 2 laptops maximum. Network is primarily to share single printer. Digital picture handling was main interest migrating to XP but frustration level has now reached point where question the effort. Issues have been raised here, all responses to date tried with no change. Have not registered this 2nd XP Home Edition full version, at this point see no reason to activate if isn't going to perform as well as the older Win98 OS did. Had expected same level of ease as did when migrated from Win95 to Win98. For people who have made this transition to XP, do the ends justify the effort?
Images saved off internet as .jpeg or .bmp in fact saved as .file. Using MS Photo Editor (MS Office 97) as response "open with" dialogue box results "unknown file format" msg while opening same file from within PE yields correct image displayed.
HP 1220c printer installed on desktop running Win98 networked lost features has when accessed by PC's running Win98 when migrated to XP. Latest HP driver appears correct problem when checking printer properties but unable to print to printer. Changing driver back to as provided on XP CD allows printing again take place, but printer features lost
Spell checker Outlook Express fails with "error occurred while... " aborting spell check. Spell check same doc with MS Word (MS Office 97) same PC performs correctly
These problems occur both platforms running XP, none running Win98, on a small home network 3 desktops and 2 laptops maximum. Network is primarily to share single printer. Digital picture handling was main interest migrating to XP but frustration level has now reached point where question the effort. Issues have been raised here, all responses to date tried with no change. Have not registered this 2nd XP Home Edition full version, at this point see no reason to activate if isn't going to perform as well as the older Win98 OS did. Had expected same level of ease as did when migrated from Win95 to Win98. For people who have made this transition to XP, do the ends justify the effort?