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I recently bought a new computer which has the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. To put it bluntly, I hate Vista! Hate it, hate it, hate it!!
I don't know if is Microsoft's problem or the unwillingness of graphics program publishers, especially those geared to the beginner greeting card maker, to continue to support their programs.
I suspect it might be the latter, since many greeting card programs are disappearing forever.
I still use my PrintShop Pro Publisher version 20 software but it is not completely compatible. Sometimes it won’t load on the first try, but it usually does on the second or third.
If not, I reboot the computer and then PrintShop is OK for while.
Vista also causes minor problems in Photoshop CS too. I have version CS2 which is a fairly recent release.
From time to time the tool icons, layers palette and tool bars just disappear from the screen. If I mouse over the blank area, they sometimes come back.
Print Master and Print Artist are even worse.
Vista will not allow me to use any of the beautiful artwork which is all on disk. It simply will not recognize or read the CDs which contain the art galleries.
[Eureka! It just occurred to me that I might be able to uninstall and reinstall these programs using advanced options. With advanced options some graphic software allows you to install the artwork on your hard drive. I’m sooo glad you wrote!]
[My new computer came with two large hard drives. We formatted what was the D: drive and did a clean install of Vista on that. This was something that we read was impossible to do. In any event, after that, we re-installed all our programs as an administrator. This seems to have fixed many problems, but they still persist to a lesser degree.]
To read about the rest of my problems and workarounds with Vista, read More About Vista.
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