mdlbear | I FSKING LOATHE WINDOWS (Reply)

And I'm not too fond of HP, either. No, I don't mean Lovecraft, though HP's printer software install on my Windows 98 laptop had a distinct whiff of the loathsomely undead about it.

And at the end of it all, after rejecting my registration password twice and changing a checkbox each time, I forgot to uncheck the box one final time. So now I've been signed up with Shutterfly, which has terms of service that say they're going to send me spam. Bustards. Not to mention the fact that the install took two blasted hours, froze the machine once, and required the usual "you have moved the mouse; please restart Windows" several times.

And at the end of it all, the software that lets it print on CDs doesn't fsking run on Windows 98, which means that I'll have to drag the Mac home from work or see if I can convince the flower_cat's machine to use it over a network. If I can get the blasted print server running again. Maybe I'll just run samba on the laptop and cups on the lappy for now; I don't think the

If I'd known before I started that the Epson R200 would manage to get its print heads completely unclogged, I don't think I would have bothered. Or I might have let the Y.D. have the HP and kept the Epson downstairs in the office. The HP is a better printer, I think, and HP definitely has better Linux support, but...

Oh, and did I mention that I had to take the first HP back to Fry's -- The YD spotted a broken-off plastic part (looks like a roller of some sort) in the bag when I unpacked it yesterday.

I see a visit to .hp.com/support in my near future.