stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 im just about to buy a laptop which is commin with a vista home setup on it........ the thing is i have 2 yrs accounts on my pc now (which is running windows xp) on my microsoft word programme.......... will this be transfereable on to vista or do i need to buy and install a vista office word.........?? and if so how much is it......!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 i'm not sure if home setup comes with word iirc it doesnt so just install the old version that you have and it will work fine stu i have done this on a toshiba laptop i bought a few months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 so are you sayin that microsoft office xp will work on vista?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 yup thats what i am running without any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 groovey............. how about a printer............ my printer driver is for xp................... will that work on vista too............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 groovey............. how about a printer............ my printer driver is for xp................... will that work on vista too............. unlikely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 groovey............. how about a printer............ my printer driver is for xp................... will that work on vista too............. unlikely he's right, i've tried installing a few printers with vista on a number of different computers, not even old printers ! and there is no drivers to run with vista - rip off and vista should be backward compatible ! try it, its a lottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 oh............. so my printer may become useless then with vista............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm the same as Gixxer..no problems running it at all. My printer also seemed to just work with Vista, no need for any additional drivers but even if you do need them and don't have the original disc, there are plenty of places on the net you can download them from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 just leave it set up on your old comp and get a memory stick and transfer what you want to print or network the two comps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 cool.... coz i just thought too that my camera aswell might not work....... or will it.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm the same as Gixxer..no problems running it at all. My printer also seemed to just work with Vista, no need for any additional drivers but even if you do need them and don't have the original disc, there are plenty of places on the net you can download them from like i say its a lottery with printers but some wont work with xp drivers on vista and there arent drivers wrote for that printer for vista some do and some dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm the same as Gixxer..no problems running it at all. My printer also seemed to just work with Vista, no need for any additional drivers but even if you do need them and don't have the original disc, there are plenty of places on the net you can download them from like i say its a lottery with printers but some wont work with xp drivers on vista and there arent drivers wrote for that printer for vista some do and some dont spot on and the official MS advice .... upgrade your printer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 so in general then........... vista should support xp most of the time.............. ish............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 so in general then........... vista should support xp most of the time.............. ish............. yup ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Or, in general, leave Vista alone for another 12 months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu2 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 most printers/cameras are working now on vista (something like 20000 drivers have been added since Vista was released).. you can check https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ or just look on the hardware makers website for drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 im using office 2003 at the mo with my xp....... do you think that will work on vista..........? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 im using office 2003 at the mo with my xp....... do you think that will work on vista..........? Should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hi Stuey, Unless your printer is no longer supported by the manufacturer (i.e. its more than 5 years old) you should find that you can download Vista drivers from the support pages of their website, specifically for your printer model. What is your printer make and model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 its an epsom stylus c66.......... my camera is an acer both about 2 yrs old........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 office works fine with vista , vista has improved a lot since its release due to people complaining but (i.e. its more than 5 years old) isnt true, some manufacturers havent and are not going to release drivers for vista (its all about £££Â£) chances are you will be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Or, in general, leave Vista alone for another 12 months! That's what my IT man says - still using Jo Public to develop it so I'm sticking with XP Pro for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 vista has better interface but is much more resource hungry, forget the flashy bits i want speed not furry dice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I recently purchased a new laptop and it comes with Vista Home premium. From the point of XP, Vista seems to be a tiny step as opposed to a great leap forward - they have just moved the soddin' stuff about and given it a fancy pants display , but under the covers its still very much XP, so my point is if you go to the printer manufacturers website - you can usually find a Vista driver. (More so now than a few months ago anyway) I had to do that for my ageing Epson printer and digi camera (which is only 4 years old but pre-vista)no problem at all. Just make sure your laptop has ideally 2meg memory and a Core 2 duo at least 1.8Ghz processor speed, anything less and performance suffers. Great innit -they build faster and better pc's now than ever, shame the software does'nt match the hardware? Good luck with it - its not the slickest software around but you get used to the rearranged furnishing soon enough . Hope this helps Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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