Re: Win7 drivers

Printer drivers will be your main issue, as far as drivers go. Over 10% of the printers on the market won't function in Win7 under any conditions.

I spent about two months getting my software and hardware working in Win7 - with a Cable Internet connection. If you're on Dial-up, avoid Win7 at every cost.

Other reasons to avoid Win7:

* The OS won't let you change the extension of filenames. WTF?
* Every program installed is placed in a "read-only" folder, so if the program saves a configuration file to that path, all your program settings will be reset when you restart the program - RealPlayer included. Saved games won't work either, for this very reason, nor apps which use swap files.
* All 16-bit Windows programs refuse to run ... no exceptions. But I already knew this. :-)

Regarding Win7 updates, it seems updates of all Win7 editions are slammed into one update folder, rather than isolated according to their edition type. I use Win7 Home Premium, BTW.

- Tricob.

"Glass Tiger for life! "

I've seen others who wanted to do that worry about finding compatible drivers. I wonder if that's just your good luck or maybe a benefit from some versions of 7 having a voluntary downgrade option.(?)

Instead of ending XP support in Apr. 2014, MSFT should drop Vista and give everyone still using it an upgrade to 7. ;-)