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- Windows XP >> home page keeps changingsome web site has put something on my computer that keeps
changing my home page setting to www.find4u.com
i keep changing it back to yahoo.com but the change won't
hold
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- Windows XP Network >> Virtual Private Networks between friends!Some friends and I have broadband internet connections at
our homes, and are looking for a way to connect our pcs
together over the internet for file sharing.
As far as I can tell, VPN seems to be the best way to do
this, I can set my pc up to allow incoming connections,
but cannot figure out how to make a connection.
If anyone has any suggestions they would be much
appreciated.
James
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- Windows XP Setup >> Can't Start XP - Corrupted SystemMy laptop sometimes shuts off unexpectedly...
When I try and reboot my Windows XP Home Edition, I get this message:
"Cannot boot because of Missing or Corrupted file
C:\windows\system32\config\system"
I don't know how to restore it...I go into recovery console mode, but I
don't know what CAB file that "System" is in, if any.
Any ideas how to fix it or reinstall it?
thanks,
bill rosman
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- Windows XP >> Epson Perfection Scanner Error message.I have just re-installed my Epson Perfection Scanner but when I click on
the Smart Panel I get the message "Registry data write error".
Even though I may be able to use the scanner I have this annoying error
message pop up, what is wrong and how do I stop it please.
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Derrick Fawsitt
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- Windows XP Basic >> Folders open too slowHi,
Where can be problem when folders on my desktop open to slow after I click
on it. I do not have any virus, spy, etc. I have checked my computer by
Norton Antivirus, Spy Sweeper and Pest Patrol.
Can somebody help me?
Thank you
Andrew
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- Windows XP Update >> 4 of 54 critical updates will not install!!Hello I had to reformat my computor and as norm had to then scan for upgrades which there were 54 critical needed.out of the 54 I can not get 2 of the security updates to install and the XP Service pack 1 and the HP Pavillion Service Pack 1 Incompatibility update to instal either.I did try them all 5 to 6 times both with my security on and off,There are no error codes they just come back saying that they did not install can someone PLEASE HELP ME!! I am really at my witts end here thanks. Betty
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- Windows XP Hardware >> WinXPI have a back up modem which I use as back up, if all
goes wrong. However when I upgraded from WinME to WinXP
it doesnt seem to work, Ive tried to find update or
support drivers for it but with no luck! Can someone
direct me to an address or site or guidance!!!!
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- Windows XP Security >> Anfrageich heisse Fritz Seifert ich bekomme immer Automatische=20
updates leider ist die l=E4tzte leider fehlgeschlagen Das=20
War am Dinstag 05.10.2004 Die anderen vorher sind alle=20
gelungen k=F6nnen sie mir helfen
Meine E Mail Adresse lautet fritz.seifert2@freenet.de
P.S ich hoffe auf ihrer hielfe.
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- Windows XP >> "The service database is locked" - Automation ErrorI reformatted my hard drive recently, and since then, have been getting this
error:
Titled as: "NewSurvey"
Message: Run Time error '-2147023841 (8007041f)
Automation error, The service database is locked
Please help, as my computer is automatically getting rebooted once about
every day,
The eventviewer is listing the following errors:
1)
The run-time environment has detected an inconsistency in its internal
state. This indicates a potential instability in the process that could be
caused by the custom components running in the COM+ application, the
components they make use of, or other factors. Error in
d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\comsvcs\package\cpackage.cpp(1184), hr = 8007041f:
InitEventCollector failed
2)
The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal
processing. HRESULT was 8007041F from line 44 of
d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.
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- Windows XP Network >> switching to/from battery kills WiFiHi, all:
On my XP laptop, when I switch from AC power to battery, the WiFi network
connection dies and gets replaced by the 169... null IP address. I must
manually disconnect and reconnect to restore a true IP.
Does anyone know of a way to either stop this happening, or automate this
release/renew process?
Thank you,
/m
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- Windows XP Support >> Street & Trips 2005I've created a route with over 200 stops and I can not print the driving
directions. I can print the map but that's not what I need. I've tried the
"How to print only dirving directions in Streets and Trips help menu" but
this has not resolved my issue. Is there a bug in this software? or am I a
complete idiot? Appreciate any help I can get!
Thanks,
Maria
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- Windows XP Security >> [LONG] Weird problem, hijack logfile includedHi everyone, i'm having a strange problem with my gf pc, it had some
spywares that i removed (in safe mode, with the tools below) but it
still freezes when uploading stuff to the internet (over isdn) and
windows networking starts doing weird things, it becomes unable to
disconnect from the internet, the connection stuff freezes or doesnt
opens, if i delete Winsock/Winsock2 keys in the registry and then i
reinstall tcp/ip it works, but after a reboot it does the same thing again.
The freeze during upload happens only on the isdn connection, the lan
connection works well, but the ethernet card was installed after the
problem, when i get this pc at my home.
I removed all the bad stuff that was at boot (in safe mode), i'm running
avast adaware adwatch spybot, cwsshredder, hijackthis and microsoft
antispybot, and i even tried the utility winsockxpfix & lspfix (without
finding anything suspect) but the problem is still here
hijackthis logfile:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 17.05.33, on 01/03/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Programmi\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
C:\Programmi\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
C:\Programmi\File comuni\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
c:\fotowin\RTETPISv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\Tmntsrv.exe
C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\tmproxy.exe
C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\PccPfw.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Programmi\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Programmi\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasDtServ.exe
C:\Programmi\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Programmi\FinePixViewer\QuickDCF.exe
C:\Programmi\FotoStation Easy\FotoStation Easy AutoLaunch.exe
C:\Programmi\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe
C:\Programmi\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\ymsgr_tray.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\HEWLET~1\AiO\Shared\Bin\hpoevm07.exe
C:\Programmi\Outlook Express\msimn.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\WINZIP\winzip32.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\ERREVI\Impostazioni locali\Temp\HijackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =
http://gw.virgilio.it/free.minisearch
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www.virgilio.it/free
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =
http://www.virgilio.it/free
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =
http://gw.virgilio.it/free.minisearch
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www.virgilio.it/free
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title =
Microsoft Internet Explorer fornito da Tin.it
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
Collegamenti
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} -
C:\Programmi\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} -
C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [gcasServ] "C:\Programmi\Microsoft
AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\ypager.exe
-quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Programmi\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Startup: Collegamento a hpoavn07.lnk =
C:\PROGRAmmi\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = C:\Programmi\File
comuni\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Exif Launcher.lnk =
C:\Programmi\FinePixViewer\QuickDCF.exe
O4 - Global Startup: FotoStation Easy AutoLaunch.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: HPAiODevice(hp officejet g series) - 11.lnk =
C:\Programmi\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Add animation to IncrediMail Style Box -
C:\PROGRA~1\INCRED~1\bin\resources\WebMenuImg.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&sporta in Microsoft Excel -
res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} -
C:\Programmi\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0411.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger -
{4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} -
C:\Programmi\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0411.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -
C:\Programmi\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -
{FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Programmi\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O17 -
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{83F32765-6A58-4880-A2F1-7C50FB644603}:
NameServer = 195.62.234.66
O17 -
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{F7F73EA3-6D4D-4635-899B-FE99D4B34F54}:
NameServer = 212.48.4.15 62.211.69.150
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner -
C:\Programmi\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Programmi\Alwil
Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation
- C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Personal Firewall (PccPfw) - Trend Micro
Incorporated. - C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\PccPfw.exe
O23 - Service: RTE : TAPI (RTETAPIService) - RTE Software -
c:\fotowin\RTETPISv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend NT Realtime Service (Tmntsrv) - Trend Micro
Incorporated. - C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\Tmntsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Proxy Service (tmproxy) - Trend Micro
Incorporated. - C:\Programmi\Trend Micro\Internet Security\tmproxy.exe
Any suggestion ?
Thanks,
Giacomo.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Xp Home stallsI have windows xp home edition and i was upgrading it on
my computer but when i t gets to two minutes until it is
finished it stalls, can anyone help me with this problem?
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- Windows XP Security >> missing TCP/IPI am trying to recover from the ms blaster worm. I have
followed the instructions and have down loaded the patch
recommended from the microsoft web site. In the process of
trying to fix the problem. I have lost my TCP/IP files.
Apparently with out those files I am unable to surf the
internet without it. Any help would be greatly appreicated.
Thanks,
Mitzi
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- Windows XP >> Dual MonitorsI have two fully functional laptops. Is it possible to setup Dual Monitors
with the two laptops. i.e., I want to use one laptop for all my work, and
the second laptop strictly for displaying certain things from the first
laptop that won't fit on the screen?
Thanks, HK
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Windows XP Support >> Help and Support Center launches constantly
My Help and Support Center launches automatically hundreds of times a
day, and I haven't been able to find a fix.
I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Invision laptop. In the
office I have it docked, and use a Microsoft Wireless Multimedia
Keyboard and Mouse. The launching happens while I am typing -
expecially if I am typing information into a dialog box. The first
keystroke doesn't trigger it, but the second one does. It also launches
when I use the shift key and the backspace (but not only during these
operations - these are just the ones I've noticed specifically).
I have checked to make sure that Help and Support is in Manual Launch
mode, which it is. I have even tried to disable it entirely, but then I
just get an error message when it wants to launch. I have also
downloaded fixes that were supposed to work, but nothing makes any
difference.
This has been driving me crazy since August - please help!
Windows XP543
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Windows XP Support >> Help and Support Center launches constantly
kimmel wrote:
> My Help and Support Center launches automatically hundreds of times a
> day, and I haven't been able to find a fix.
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> I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Invision laptop. In the
> office I have it docked, and use a Microsoft Wireless Multimedia
> Keyboard and Mouse. The launching happens while I am typing -
> expecially if I am typing information into a dialog box. The first
> keystroke doesn't trigger it, but the second one does. It also launches
> when I use the shift key and the backspace (but not only during these
> operations - these are just the ones I've noticed specifically).
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> I have checked to make sure that Help and Support is in Manual Launch
> mode, which it is. I have even tried to disable it entirely, but then I
> just get an error message when it wants to launch. I have also
> downloaded fixes that were supposed to work, but nothing makes any
> difference.
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> This has been driving me crazy since August - please help!
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Windows XP Support >> Help and Support Center launches constantly
I have not had any responses to this posting. Isn't there anyone out
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- Windows XP Network >> deleting offline printersHi,
How can I delete two offline printers from an xp client?
The print server is no longer in existence. I get an error
that says the printer cannot be removed because it is no
longer connected to the server.
Thanks,
CSR
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- Windows XP >> Macromedia Flash 8My operating system is XP Pro SP2
-- Dear members
I am practising and learning about Macromedia Flash 8, so far I am doing
alright except for the following: I start by drawing an image then go to
modify and convert it to a symbol, choose a name and button then go to window
and choose library, after all these steps taken, I have to delete the image
as to create a new one on the stage, I have tried to delete it but no
response it will not be deleted.
To do the deletion by clicking the button (delete layer) which looks like a
Dustin bin.
My enquiry is how to delete an image fro the stage after reserving it in the
library?
nasser
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- Windows XP >> Any way to expand Notepad.exe file types?This is more an experiment, an educational pursuit, than a problem. The =
MS Notepad program has a window come up in the "Open" dialogue box that, =
by default, searches for .txt (''Text Documents (*.txt)''). It also has =
the option to show "All files (*.*)" in the folder it is currently =
using. I should like the program to default to showing all files, or, =
at least, perhaps expand the opening list to include text files with =
some other extensions (for instance, maybe my WordPerfect files (*.wp)).
I suspect perhaps this cannot be done, and that would explain part of =
the glut of Notepad replacement programs available at the usual suspect =
sites for freebie downloads. However, my suspicion is uneducated, so I =
thought I'd ask.
Can this be done? If so, how?
(If it can be done I may try my hand at getting more advance programs =
like maybe WordPad or WinWord to increase their default lists of =
recognized file types.)
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Questions about using an Apple 20" Cinema Display with a PCHello everyone. I have spent the last few hours searching google for
some answers to these questions without much luck, so I thought I
would post them out there and see if anyone can help.
I have a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, with an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card. I
am running Windows XP.
I am interested in picking up an Apple 20" Cinema Display. I know
some people have had some luck with this (especially with the ATI
cards), but I still have some concerns:
1) The native resolution for this monitor is 1680x1050, and although
the ATI drivers support it, some people have reported problems seeing
anything on the monitor until Windows boots (thereby precluding access
to the bios settings). Can anyone confirm if this is true? I would
have thought the PC would try to put the monitor into some other
resolution that it could handle.
2) What happens if I pick a game and try to play it at 1024x768 or
1280x1024? Does the game get centered in the monitor or does it get
stretched? Is that something that is configurable?
3) Has anyone had success hooking up an Apple Cinema Display to
multiple PCs that have DVI outputs? I have read that some people had
problems hooking the monitor to a DVI switch box using the ADC to DVI
connector. I know Gefen has an ADC switcher with the ADC to DVI
converter built in to it. Has anyone used that with any success? I
noticed that some switch boxes claim to "support" 1600x1200
resolution. Both Belkin and Gefen's lower end models say that. Does
that mean that they would not be able to support the 1680x1050
resolution of the Apple display?
Thanks in advance for any answers you all can provide. They are much
appreciated!
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- Windows XP Support >> RebootI want to erase everything from my computer and then put it back because I
think I have a virus and its keeping me from using my computer... My
question is how do I do this??
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- Windows XP Basic >> help with deleted items pleaseHi' everyone,
I am asking this question for a friend, she tells me that some emails
particularly mine to her, end up in her deleted items folder. She uses
Outlook Express as do I. & I.E., XP Home SP2. Would someone kindly be able
to advise me how I can help her sort this out, if you think it's a corrupt
file then I would appreciate instructions how to correct it as I am fairly
new to computers also.
Many thanks for any advice,
Casey.
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- Windows XP >> Reproducible Explorer memory leakSteps to reproduce:
* Reboot
* Open an Explorer window
* Navigate to a directory with around 1500 image files, set to
thumbnail view
* Navigate around, returning to that directory a few times
* Observe Explorer process size (VM size in Task Manager) bloat to
several hundred meg
* Observe that closing all open Explorer windows doesn't return the
process to its original,
20-odd-meg size.
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- Windows XP Update >> Cannot Install KB933369Greetings.
My windows updater is working fine for everything but this daylight savings
one, KB 933360. As I live in New Zealand which is one of the affected
countries I would like to install it. Each time it tries to install it fails.
I've also tried downloading it manually using...
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hu3?Submit1=Download
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933360
The windows updater seems to download it alright but fails to install with
this error, taken from the final line of the update log.
AutomaticUpdates Failure Content Install Installation Failure: Windows
failed to install the following update with error 0x80070643: Update for
Windows Vista (KB933360).
When I click for help on this error it tells me to ensure that the office
source engine is set to automatic with delay instead of manual. I have
changed this and it has made no difference.
Any thoughts on why this update is not installing. Other ones in the same
list have installed fine. It's only this one giving me grief.
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- Windows XP Network >> Initial Wireless ConnectionHello:
I am new to wireless. I ran the wizzard just to see what it would do. Not
much different than manual setup.
Anyway where I am lost is, when you add a new connection to your prefered
list and it has wep enabled the first time you connect you get a drop down
box asking where you are connecting from, Home, Office, Away, or Custom
Settings.
I can't seem to find out what the differences are in these choices.
Can someone tell me what settings change by choosing different options
there?
Thanks
Vince
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- Windows XP Setup >> sound recording problemThanks in advance to anyone who can help. I'm trying to record my
acoustic guitar with a PC (Dell, 512mghz, Pentium III, Sony microphone
plugged into back, Windows XP Pro, Audacity Music Editor). The problem
is I can't get any playback volume high enough. I've turned all
possible controls from Audacity and Control Panel to highest settings
for both recording and playback.
I still can barely hear my playing. The microphone is about 8" from the
sound-hole. Any clues!?
Thanks! Brian
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- Windows XP Setup >> WinXP and laserjet 4 drivers...a challenge..I have an issue with WinXP Pro sp1 and HP laserjet 4 drivers. On a netware
network i just removed the print queues an implemented iPrint.
When I remove the old printer from a WinXP workstation, and I install the
laserjet 4 from iPrint, which copies down LJ4 drivers to the workstation, I
cannot print to the printer. Or rather is can, but I get nothing but junk
out, sometimes blank pages, sometimes no text, but I'll always get images
out. A test page prints out only the Windows logo.
The reason I am posting here, if I take a WinXP pro workstation that has
never had a laserjet 4 installed on it, and install one of the "new"
printers, it works flawlessly.
I'm thinking there is something wrong not necessarily with the driver, but
maybe the file copy process. Incedentally, I've tried this with LJ4 drivers
that I've downloaded from HP, the ones built into XP, and ones copied from a
server at another location where iPrint works properly, and I always get the
same result. Previous install of LJ4 on machine, does not work. Clean
install of LJ4 drivers, and it does work.
Is there a way to completely remove the driver, i mean totally remove, not
just deleting the inf file?
Thanks for any help anyone could lend in...
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