Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-20 Thread Roger
Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. Roger Have you tried a live CD on the system to make sure it is a windows issue? Actua

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2014-02-20 Thread Roger
Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. Roger Thanks to all who responded. The owner managed to get to a Brother service tech and

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2014-02-20 Thread Mike Chambers
On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 17:11 +1100, Roger wrote: > >> Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing > >> issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused > >> the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. > >> Roger > > > Thanks to all

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-20 Thread Les Howell
On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 20:37 +1100, Roger wrote: > A friend has windows 7 professional sp1 on a Dell Vostro, 230 32 bit > driving word 2007. No viruses reported, no infections, all antivirusware > to update. > Until a few days ago printed perfectly to a HL 4040CN Brother laser. > We have tried eve

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-20 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:59:03 +1030 Tim wrote: > > Personally, > > I have never got a BSOD since > > I first used MS in 1992. > > And how long since you last used it? ;-) (Suspecting a bit of a joke > in your assertion.) Currently on 8.1, not the same PC though. Started on 3.1 > 3.11 wg, 95a,b

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 February 2014, Frank Murphy sent: > to quote "Win7 won't work with my app" > > He keeps re-installing the app. > This guy is an electronics engineer. That's computer users all over the place, keep doing the same thing, over and over, hoping for a different result. > Per

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:36:36 +1100 Roger wrote: > But then 90something% of computer users can't be wrong! They can, case in point. 15 times someone re-installed Win7, over a two year period, viruses...No, an XP app he got with a camera years ago didn't work. to quote "Win7 won't work with my a

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/19/2014 11:23 PM, Tim wrote: But how often is often? Perhaps there's been a slew of recent updates made available. For well over a decade, Microsoft has released updates once a month, on Patch Tuesday. Most computers that run any version of Windows are set to download and apply those

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Roger
Allegedly, on or about 20 February 2014, Roger sent: He says that windows has been updating itself very often, which seems suspicious. Suspicious that it's full of bugs? But how often is often? Perhaps there's been a slew of recent updates made available. Perhaps Windows has got stuck in a lo

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 February 2014, Roger sent: > He says that windows has been updating itself very often, which seems > suspicious. Suspicious that it's full of bugs? But how often is often? Perhaps there's been a slew of recent updates made available. Perhaps Windows has got stuck in a

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2014-02-19 Thread Roger
Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. Roger Thanks to all who responded. The owner managed to get to a Brother service tech an

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Roger
Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. Roger No, not me. however I have 2 brother printers at home, and my experience is that th

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Well, I thought that I was being humorous toosorry for the misunderstanding! On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:48:45 -0500 Mark Haney wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 02/19/2014 10:26 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > So, you are saying that one should go through r

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Mark Haney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/2014 10:26 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > So, you are saying that one should go through reams and reams of > follow-ups to get to a post which is not really a point-by-point > response? Come on, context matters!! > > IMO, Friends don't let

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:10:16 -0600 > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Friends don't let friends shun open-source. > > > > Maybe Win7 is required in this instance? > Possible. Thanks for bringing this up! Ranjan FREE 3D MARINE AQUAR

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:10:16 -0600 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Friends don't let friends shun open-source. > Maybe Win7 is required in this instance? ___ Regards Frank frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admi

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:13:16 -0500 Mark Haney wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 02/19/2014 10:10 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Friends don't let friends shun open-source. > > > > They also don't let them top post to mailing lists. So, you are saying that

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Mark Haney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/2014 10:10 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Friends don't let friends shun open-source. > They also don't let them top post to mailing lists. Just sayin'. - -- Mark Haney Network/Systems Administrator Practichem W: (919) 714-8428 Fedor

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Friends don't let friends shun open-source. On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:46:52 -0500 Fred Smith wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 08:37:05PM +1100, Roger wrote: > > A friend has windows 7 professional sp1 on a Dell Vostro, 230 32 bit > > driving word 2007. No viruses reported, no infections, all >

Re: Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 08:37:05PM +1100, Roger wrote: > A friend has windows 7 professional sp1 on a Dell Vostro, 230 32 bit > driving word 2007. No viruses reported, no infections, all > antivirusware to update. > Until a few days ago printed perfectly to a HL 4040CN Brother laser. > We have trie

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2014-02-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:37:05 +1100 Roger wrote: > Has anyone in Linuxland who is also using w7pro experienced printing > issues, particularly with Brother laser and worked out what caused > the failure. Thanks, and apologies in advance for a non Linux issue. > Roger Don't have a Brother Laser or

Very Off Topic

2014-02-19 Thread Roger
A friend has windows 7 professional sp1 on a Dell Vostro, 230 32 bit driving word 2007. No viruses reported, no infections, all antivirusware to update. Until a few days ago printed perfectly to a HL 4040CN Brother laser. We have tried everything I know. Ive searched microsoft, Brother Googled