Bringing Alice back to life...

[alexpgp]

An old Win2K machine whose name was Alice has been elected to be the "in-house" computer for stuff that doesn't have to go out the door with me, like backups of accounting files. Part of the decision had to do with the fact that the machine is loaded with a driver to label printer that was a leftover from the store, which I would like to use from time to time to print USPS labels.

To do so, however, requires Acrobat Reader, and when I went to the Adobe site, I duly selected the version of Reader that they offered for Windows 2000 with SP1 installed. Upon launching the installer, it proceeded to eat up minutes "recomposing" itself before getting around to installing the application, whereupon I was informed that my version of Windows (with SP1) was not supported and that I should go upgrade my operating system.

I am not amused.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Are you tied to Adobe or can you use an alternate free PDF reader like Foxit (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/)?

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

The USPS appears to be pretty insistent about Adobe (also about the format of the printed label, which rules out using the label printer I have on Alice, since I'm pretty sure the 8.5" x 11" format they apparently insist on wouldn't come out looking very good on a 4" x 6" label).

Cheers...

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I print their labels on my regular laser printer with no problems. I use Foxit as my regular PDF reader, but I do have Adobe as well. I'm not sure which one the USPS page calls.