Re: Hardware Found Wizard on XP-Prof Startup

From: Cari \(MS-MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:36:42 -0700

Try the simplest solution first.... change the LPT port settings in the BIOS
to EPP (rather than the often found ECP)..

See if that cures the problem. If not, post back!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Tarek" <Google@tmmdiab.sent.com> wrote in message
news:e14eba26.0404070759.387150de@posting.google.com...
> Hello all.
>
> I am sure this has been answered before because I remember looking it up
> on this newsgroup and I think Cari had answered it. However, I browsed the
> group and couldn't find the answer. Also I am not able to get to Cari's
> website for some reason.
>
> The problem is the following.
>
> I am using an IBM laptop with Windows XP Prof installed. I dock it at the
> office and use it with a wireless connection at home. I have several
> printers
> configured on it.
> 1. Three networked printers at work.
> 2. HP Deskjet 842C in the docking station at work.
> 3. Adobe acrobat and distiller
> 4. My HP All-in-one deskjet at home (shared through my home desktop)
>
> All the printers work fine. However...
>
> Every time I power up the laptop the Hardware Found Wizard starts up.
> Somehow
> it finds a "Printer". Just like that without a specific model. I usually
> dismiss
> the wizard with a Cancel. Several times I tried running it and checking
> the box
> to say "not to detect this any more", ... but it keeps coming back.
>
> A couple of months ago I remember reading an article by Cari about this
> and
> visiting her website to trouble shoot this. I tried several things but had
> not
> yet finished all the possible choices (my wife needed some shopping done
> and my
> kids wanted to spend my *our* money). I never got back to finish this
> issue.
>
> It is sufficiently annoying that I really want to get rid of it now.
>
> Last time I got into looking at some files in Windows\System32, I think
> and
> trying to analyze which of the files was bad or needed a reinstall.
>
> I understand that in XP you have to install the drivers before attaching
> the
> printer. But I need to know which printer.
>
> Can someone help with this, or direct me to the correct website?
>
> \tarek

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