Microsoft Windows Vista - Anybody using it yet ?

Mannesty · 2007-03-07T18:16:34+0000

I've been slowly adding various applications to my test Windows Vista Ultimate PC and so far, everything I use for digital photography works OK. All Adobe software works fine, as does C1LE etc. I have experienced one fairly major problem though. I use a lot of external HDD's, both firewire and USB2. I find it simpler to use these rather than open up a machine to attach another drive. I've got 2 PC's I use regularly and the Vista Ultimate machine has been my workhorse PC running Windows XP for a couple of years with no problems whatsoever and worked with these external HDD's quite happily. When I try and copy a bunch of files, photo's in this case, the copy process simply stops. The dialogue box remains on screen and the remaining time just grows and grows. 19 days + at the last attempt. Is anybody else using Windows Vista (any flavour) in this way and have you had (can you test) this problem. Copying files across the network works fine, if a lot slower. I'm not asking for a fix, I just would like to know if anybody else on here has had this issue before I contact Microsoft. I do know that my graphics card will not run Aero. Regards,

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Posted 29/03/2007 - 14:09 Link

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I have the Epson 2450 too. Sad to hear that it won't work in Vista, which is a surprise. I guess I'll be keeping an XP machine after all.

Since your post, Epson has released a Vista driver for the 2450. It is just a basic driver, but it functions.

Get it off the Epson Web site. It's there now.