Re: filmscanners: SilverFast Upgrade Disaster

[RogerMillerPhoto@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/2001 4:26:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
geoffmurray@primus.com.au writes:

> This appears to be making a mountain out of a molehill surely. Defragging 
> should be done regularly anyway, uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop is 
> not difficult, likewise the plug-ins and all you need to do is back-up the 
> profiles created by the previous IT8 calibrations. You shouldn't need to 
> redo them. Think positive :-)
>  
> Geoff 

I've been delaying doing a defrag because it takes at least 3 or 4 hours with 
an 80 GB hard drive that's half full.  This simply forces the issue.  Also, 
I'll try SilverFast after the defrag and maybe Photoshop will work and I 
won't have to do all of the reinstalls.  (I can hope, can't I?)  As I recall, 
I did have problems installing Photoshop 6 one time (still had Photoshop LE 
installed and there was a conflict.)  I've never had an install take place 
without some kind of a problem.  SilverFast can't be "uninstalled" because 
it's a plug-in; you have to hunt for the files to be deleted.  (That's in 
spite of the fact that it has a folder labeled "uninstall.")  For some reason 
when I upgraded to 5.5, I was required to do the IT8 calibrations over again. 
 Actually, it's the time factor that I'm most concerned about because I'm a 
busy person.  And when things don't go smoothly (I know they won't), it takes 
4 or 5 times as long to get the job done and the support people aren't 
standing by the telephones on the weekend or at 3:00 a.m. when I need their 
help.  Remember, I've already spent about 60 hours just getting my SS120 
on-line and SilverFast loaded and kind of working.  On top of that, the 
reinstalls probably won't even cure this last problem.  Think positive, you 
say?  Well, as a pessimist, I derive a great deal of satisfaction from being 
right in the end.  And if I am wrong, well, a pessimist who's wrong is 
satisfied, too.