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Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT

Newsgroups comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT
From DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m>
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Date 2011-08-22 21:39 -0500

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GS <gs@somewhere.net> wrote in
news:j2juhv$n76$1@dont-email.me: 

> Richard Cole formulated the question :
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:12 -0400, RW
>> <RonW@no_domain.invalid> wrote: 
>>
>>> 
>>> #2. OT but if there's an answer I'm confident one or more
>>> of the gurus here will know it.
>>> 
>>> I have used Paint Shop Pro v. 4 for ages as my graphics
>>> editing tool of choice. It isn't fancy but it's easy to
>>> use and it does everything I need it to do so I've never
>>> bothered upgrading. The problem is now that I'm on
>>> Windows 7 x64 PSP won't install. Apparently the PSP 
>>> installer is a 16-bit beastie and Win7 x64 absolutely
>>> refuses to run 16-bit progs no matter what compatibility
>>> settings are selected. PSP itself is a 32-bit app; it's
>>> just the installer that seems to be "no go" for Win7.
>>> And yes, I've always selected "Run as Administrator"
>>> every time I've tried to install PSP.
>>> Does anyone know of a way to get Win7 to install PSP v.
>>> 4. Barring that, any suggestions for a replacement for
>>> PSP4? 
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your time and cooperation.
>> As a replacement I use Paint.NET
>> (http://www.getpaint.net/). It's free and does more than
>> PSP and is easy enough for me to use. 
>>
>> Richard
> 
> Well, IMO it certainly DOES NOT do more than PSP<g>, but
> 'free' is always good IF it serves your purposes!

I agree, it doesn't come close to doing more than PSP, and I 
recommend Paint.NET to people often.

However, the printing functionality is abysmal, relying on the 
Windows printing mechanism instead of having its own. PSP's 
printing and page setup functions is far superior. IMO.

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Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT RW <RonW@no_domain.invalid> - 2011-08-17 14:49 -0400
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-08-17 15:25 -0500
    Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT RW <RonW@no_domain.invalid> - 2011-08-18 15:34 -0400
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-17 14:02 -0700
    Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT RW <RonW@no_domain.invalid> - 2011-08-18 15:38 -0400
      Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-18 15:51 -0400
        Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-08-18 16:44 -0400
          Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-18 17:05 -0400
            Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-18 14:14 -0700
              Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-18 19:16 -0400
                Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-19 11:44 -0700
      Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-18 13:48 -0700
        Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-08-18 21:52 -0400
          Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-19 11:46 -0700
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Richard Cole <zznwky@gmaill.com.invalid> - 2011-08-18 18:15 +0100
    Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-18 17:00 -0400
      Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> - 2011-08-22 21:39 -0500
    Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT BeeJ <nospam@live.com> - 2011-08-28 08:48 -0700
      Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-28 17:20 -0400
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-08-18 13:48 -0400
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT RW <RonW@no_domain.invalid> - 2011-08-18 15:39 -0400
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-24 11:00 -0700
    Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-08-25 08:55 +0100
      Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-08-25 09:29 -0700
  Re: Two questions: 1 GUI advice, 1 OT - * UPDATE * RW <RonW@no_domain.invalid> - 2011-09-02 13:52 -0400

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