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Since you're upgrading everything, though, this won't be an issue as long as you and your engineer make sure to buy devices that have vista-native drivers already.


There are only three items of legacy hardware that I will try and carry over to the new computer: My old Gateway AnyKey PS2 keyboard; my external 300GB USB hard drive; and my old Kyocera laser printer that runs off the parallel port.

The first two are (I think!) no-brainers. 90 seconds of Google research at Kyocera/Mita's download site shows me that I should be OK with the printer:

Model: FS-3700+
Size: 16.95 Mb
Version: 4.2.1027a
Date added: 06-Jan-2007, 07:36
Manufacturer: Kyocera Mita
Device type: Printer
Operation system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
MD5: 3e5313078035e7d849694736affc898a

Everything else is brand new.

He (the engineer) did practically beg on bended knee that I be excruciatingly careful about what software I [re]-installed, and I will take him at his word and (a) install software only as I need it, and (b) not install anything that isn't Vista certified or at least known from reliable sources to work without problems.

Hmmm... anybody here know whether ZDOOM is happy with Vista?

tanstaafl.
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