- Messages
- 232
- Location
- Northern California
I'm very impressed with the setup of Windows Media Center. It found my Hauppauge card and setup my TV channels very quickly. The online programs and Netflix work well to.
Then there is my USB attached printer. My system is a dual boot. The HP1160 printer showed up in the printers section for Windows 8 and was even indicated as default. However, it wouldn't print. I uninstalled it then used Advanced Printer Setup to re-install and it came up as HP1160 (Copy1). That works and can be accessed from other computers on my network but it is inconvenient because depending on which system I have booted to 7 or 8 my wife has to select the appropriate printer name. I guess this is a dual boot problem and not that critical but it would have been nice to keep the same printer name.
My solution is to install a network print server as my color printer is already a network attached printer and that works well in all situations.
Then there is my USB attached printer. My system is a dual boot. The HP1160 printer showed up in the printers section for Windows 8 and was even indicated as default. However, it wouldn't print. I uninstalled it then used Advanced Printer Setup to re-install and it came up as HP1160 (Copy1). That works and can be accessed from other computers on my network but it is inconvenient because depending on which system I have booted to 7 or 8 my wife has to select the appropriate printer name. I guess this is a dual boot problem and not that critical but it would have been nice to keep the same printer name.
My solution is to install a network print server as my color printer is already a network attached printer and that works well in all situations.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Dual Win 7-8 64-bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Studio XPS8100
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Dell 24" LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- 900GB and 1.5TB
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell Optical
- Internet Speed
- 10 Mb/s down 1.5 Mb/s up
- Other Info
- I worked my up from a virtual machine, to a slow 32-bit celeron and now two monitors on my XPS8100. Works great!