On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:20:57 -0600, John Aldred wrote:

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:56:11 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 06:18:46 -0500, SC Tom wrote:

I was thinking of the initial set up eg Microsoft account/local login.
Will his old printer work with 8.1? Getting his materials transferred
from the old XP machine. etc Should keep me out of mischief for a
while :-)

Depends on how old the printer is, make, model, etc. Check the
manufacturer's website and see if they have Win8x drivers listed for
it.

Although Win10 might have a built-in driver, so if he's lucky he might
not need to do that.

I'd be curious to know what happens with the printer.

All set up and working in 2.5 hours, with a glass of whisky for
assistance!
Local account, no password, boot to desktop.
Brother DCP-135C printer used Microsoft built in driver.
Webcam also found a driver automatically.
Installed desktop version of Skype - up and running.
Installed Open Office, Firefox and Flash player
My neighbour seems delighted with his new system :-)

Who had the whisky, you or your neighbour, or both? :-)

It's nice that something works out as it ought to...

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)