I did find a way around the Windows 7 vs. Photoshop 7 problem:
In Gmail, I choose to "view" the photograph, then right click on it. Copy image. Then in Photoshop, I select "New" in Files. The window that comes up offers a file of the exact right size. I open the empty new file, and Paste the image. Bingo.
That was a relief. I was happy again with the computer, until today, when I found out that the Bamboo Graphics Tablet hates Windows 7. Vista and XP were agreeable to it. Fine, I thought, I'll just draw the damned picture I want and scan it in.
My scanner will not work with Windows 7.
I did a search for a driver download, and found one. But not for free, babies.
Here are my options: Driver Download for $50. Might work.
Get the Windows 7 patch that allows me to use stuff like Photoshop, Bamboo Graphics Tablet, and old scanner for $100. Might work.
Buy a new scanner that works with Windows 7. God alone knows how much that will cost with the extra cable and the doo-dah. Probably will work if I buy a new enough model, which you know is going to run me well over $100.
Or, I set up the old computer and run back and forth through the house, scanning stuff with the old computer, emailing it to myself and downloading it back here at the far end of the house.
I know what I can afford ... and I know what I cannot bring myself to pay to pander to this Planned Obsolescence crap.
I need the exercise, anyway, I guess.
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You can run XP software in XP Mode, or so I have read. Haven't done it myself since I am a Linux Man.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7
Unfortunately, one of the system requirements is that I have to be running Windows 7 Professional -- that's the upgrade package that costs about $100.
While rummaging through my desk drawer today, I found a thumb drive. I can do my scanner work on the old computer and then hand-carry the file to the new computer.
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