Scan to folder issiue when using xp works fine but using vista the autho and password fails in setup of folder in address management
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Have you turned on "File Sharing" under "Network and Sharing Center"? Has the appropriate information been entered into the "Sharing" and "Security" tabs? -
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Relax! This firmware injection won't hurt...but it will take 45 minutes.
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Yeah If you can BROWSE the network and SEE the Vista Computer But Cannot Login with the Proper ID/PW then usually Firmware. Have updated a ton of machines for that. As for setting up a Scan Folder, I always make a Folder on the C:\ Drive and Give them a Shortcut on their desktop.
Share Folders inside profiles can be wrecked pretty easily in Vista with users playing with the Network and Sharing Center.Comment
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Insert Linux install disk (ubuntu is my favorite, but any will do, and they are all free) and reboot. Setup the system then install Wine and Samba. Done. You now have a stable, manageable, and affordable system. I've done this several times for friends and family who have gone the typical windoze route of viruses, spyware, and system crashes. I just tell them it's the windows that's replacing Vista, and they love it. My maintenance headaches go WAY down, and they get a much faster computer that doesn't crash constantly, and still runs all their software (automatically via wine if no native linux version is published on the internet.73 DE W5SSJComment
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O.K. so you can't really do this to a customer's system, but it's pretty darn tempting after fighting with Vista.73 DE W5SSJComment
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I have no problem with Vista, Gotta know how to manage the beast. As for Unbuntu, I threw it in the trash after one day all I got was a WHITE Screen after logging in. SO yeah Linux OS can crash. And I can't imagine using Whine For LanFaxing. And Open Office just doesn't work as well as MS Office.Comment
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Why should I have to learn how to manage the beast - Microsoft should have made it work right before terrorizing an unsuspecting world with it.
Never tried LanFax from Linux - Interesting... I'll have to play around with it. Too many other fax solutions for Linux with a lot more features.
If you had problems after logging in you probably had a corrupt install disk. It happens occasionally when downloading massive ISO files - use the MD5 checksums to verify the disk.
OpenOffice works plenty fine for everyone I installed it for (every system I setup) and doesn't have that stupid, annoying, screen hogging interface Micro$oft changed to in 2003, and it will import just about every file type ever devised except Publisher (no loss there... you can export .pub files to .ps and import them into Scribus. Output is to a .pdf file that can go to any printer or print shop and actually work without having to reset all the type)
And the cherry on top... a legal copy of Vista and MS Office will set you back almost $700. Linux, Open Office, Scribus, Gimp, Wine, Samba, FireFox, ThunderBird, Audacity, and most any other app you want are all free, most apps are cross platform (run on Windows, Linux, and Mac), run faster, are less bulky (bloatware: Vista eats almost 2gig by itself), more stable, more secure, and if a bug or security hole is found some geek somewhere in the world will patch it within hours and the Linux update manager will download it to your system (doesn't matter if it's part of an app or the OS) automatically before you even hear about it (as in "Microsoft acknowledged the problem 4 months ago, but hasn't developed a patch for it yet" or "Microsoft has classified this flaw as "critical" and may have a fix ready for "Update Tuesday")
People are getting fed up with Microsoft. There are really good alternatives out there. Mac's are great if you can afford one - Linux works on what I already have. I havn't run Windows on my personal computers for over 3 years, and don't miss it a bit.73 DE W5SSJComment
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Perhaps when I don't have to do things as a SuperAdmin and open up a CONSOLE in Linux then I'll be happy with it. As for the the ISO. The install was fine, the OS ran fine for several months then one day took a crap. Nope I didn't install anything extra just Firefox, Open Office. which despite what you say still needs a friendly interface. Importing MS Office files into it have often gone really wonky, Especially Spreadsheets. We were using Open Office cause the boss didn't want to spend money on MS Office. Too many things looked wrong when opened them in OOffice. So bought MS, problem solved.
I know people are hardcore fans of Linux and install was damn easy. But have to run command line code to install apps. Once that started happening I was like Screw this.Comment
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Importing documents originally created on word in a windows system will be a problem - Open Office will transfer the document, but the fonts will be different. Open the add/remove applications box and look for Microsoft Core Fonts - you'll have to switch to "all available applications" but your documents will convert more accurately.
I do things from a terminal prompt frequently, because I deal with servers that don't have a GUI and have gotten familiar enough with the system that I can do things faster and easier from the CLI, but I have found only 1 thing that I could not do from the graphical apps and that's not a problem unless you run dial-up.
Windows seems to be getting worse, and Linux keeps getting better. You don't have to wear a propeller on your head anymore to use it, and while there are still 1 or 2 things that could use tweaked (depending on your distro) it far outperforms Windows in speed, stability, flexability, and cost.
Windows still has its place, but in the case of Vista that place is the garbage can.73 DE W5SSJComment
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tURN OUT THE FIRMWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED TO WORK WITH VISTA
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Great to Hear you Figured it out. KopyKat was right on.Comment
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Also disabling uac (user account control) in vista can help you to gain access to a folder for scanning. i have tried it where it denys the correct user name and pw, disabling UAC allows the scanning to folder to work.Networking skills are advantageous but use of a 3m vacuum cleaner is essential
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