Recent content by roseyposey

I was tempted to stay with XP a while longer, but the old machine was slow and I really wanted better specs for Lightroom and PS Elements. Tweaking the registry is beyond me, so will just have to keep the XP machine in case I need/want to scan more slides or old negatives I guess - until I can...

I have recently installed Windows 8 Pro and impressed with it, but dismayed to discover my Canoscan f3000 doesn't work, as no drivers available. Although it is old in computer terms it still works fantastically on XP, so I'm wondering if anyone has one going perhaps using another driver? Many...

Thanks for all the help. I've decided to stick with Linux on the lap and have Win 8 (or 7) on the desk top when I get it early December. Thanks all for your help.

I can't run the 8 advisor on the linux machine unfortunately, as it's an .exe file. I will buy a DVD for when I upgrade or get my new desktop build early December. I don't suppose you happen to know whether Photoshop CS2 and Lightroom 3.6 will run nicely with Win 8? Thank you

I have a Compaq Presario f500 laptop which had vista on it when I bought it a few years ago. It currently has Pclinuxos on it, but I'd like to install Windows 8, if possible, so I can run Photoshop and lightroom. It's marginal in terms of specs for Windows 8 I think, in that it only has 1 Gb...