HELLO,

I HOPE SOMEONE CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION:

I WAS TRYING TO INSTALL MY HP PHOTOSMART 3100 TO MY COMPUTER (HP 512 MB, PENTIUM 4). I WENT TO HP WEBSITE FOR HELP. WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL THE PRINTER I KEPT GETTING A MESSAGE SAYING: DONOT CONTINUE THIS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. HEWLETTE PACKARD SUPPORT TOLD ME TO JUST CONTINUE AND IGNORE THE MESSAGE. ( IT KEPT TELLING ME THIS PRODUCT, I GUESS MEANING WINDOWS XP, WAS NOT TESTED TO SUPPORT THIS PRINTER. I REALLY DONT KNOW IF IT WAS TELLING ME IT DIDNT SUPPORT THE HEWLETTE PACKARD PENTIUM 4 OR THE WINDOWS XP PRO SOFTWARE. BUT ANYWAY, I KEPT GOING AND INSTALLED THE PRINTER AND SOFTWARE. MY MACHINE WORKED FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I TURNED MY MACHINE ON I GOT A "FATAL ERROR" MY WINDOWS XP PRO OPERATING SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. (THANK GOD I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE COMPUTER (it was a refurbished one and could return it). SO I RETURNED THE COMPUTER TO THE COMPANY I BOUGHT IT FROM.

I JUST PURCHASED A BRAND NEW OUT OF THE BOX COMPUTER (ACER WITH 2 GB MEMORY AND 160 HARD DRIVE WITH WINDOWS XP PRO. MY QUESTION IS: CAN I TRY AND INSTALL MY HEWLETTE PACKARD PHOTOSMART PRINTER ON THIS NEW COMPUTER? I AM SO AFRAID NOW TO EVEN TRY TO INSTALL IT ON MY NEW COMPUTER FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO ME STATED ABOVE.

sHOULD I GO OUT AND BUY A NEW PRINTER? WHAT PRINTERS ARE ACCEPTED WITH MY NEW ACER COMPUTER? I REALLY DONT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SO AFRAID!!!!!

IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU!
WINDYMOMMA

But neither of the computers is running Vista...