Re: LPT1 missing port

Okay you are half way there. NEnn ports are for network connected printers.

With COM5 listed this tells me that localspl is reading the port list
correctly.

Were LPT1:, LPT2:,and LPT3: in the list as well? If not add them back

Control Panel, Administrative tools, Services
Print Spooler
Stop
Start

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"Jon" <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alan,
Sorry to have taken so long to reply but I have finally got round to doing
what you suggested.

I'm no expert but I added the CM value to the port list as you said. I
wasn'y sure how to stop the spooler. At first I opened and closed the
printer
proportis window but there was no COM5 listed in the ports tab. I then
rebooted Windows and this time COM was listed in the port tab of the
printer
properties window so that has worked.

In the registry ports list are also the values NE00, NE01 and NE02 as you
suggested but I don't know what they are for.

Does this information help?


Jon.


"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

no the (Default) key is normal

If you add a new COM5: port to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Ports
stop then start the Print Spooler service, do you see the new port listed

Are there a bunch or ports in this list? Ne??: ports are for network
printers.

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"Jon" <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the information Alan.

I have finally got around to looking at the registry in Windows XP and
this
is what I found.

In
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\Local
Port", there are 2 entries as follows :

Filename=(by default); Type=REG_SZ; Data=(undefined value)
Filename=Driver; Type=REG_SZ; Data=localspl.dll

Note: I have a French version of XP and so I have translated some words
(data, undefined value) so they may be different from the English
version
of
XP.

In the other registry that you gave
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Ports),
there
is a list of COM and LPT ports including LPT1 so this seems ok.

Is the problem possibly due to the default file in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\Local
Port
registry?

Should I delete this file and leave only the "Driver" file?

Jon


"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:


This sounds like another application removed or replaced the spooler
binary
registry setting for local ports.

I have seen issues when the LPT ports are no longer listed by the
spooler
because another application replaced the registry entry of the dll
controlling where to look in the registry for the port list.
reg key is here:
Local Port should point to this binary
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\Local Port\Driver
reg_sz = localspl.dll


The Port list that the spooler reads at startup is here:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Ports

LPT ports should be listed here




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"Jon" <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,
When I try to print a document from any programme (Word, Works,
notepad,
etc), I get a message to say that the file hasn't been sent to the
printer
i.e. the computer can't sens the data to the printer.

The printer (Epson stylus color 440) works fine on my other computer
running
XP so it isn't the problem.

I did not install or change anything on the computer when the
problem
started but I have been having problems with a spyware that I
couldn't
remove
and that may have modified the registry (Winantivirus 2006 - these
people
should be jailed). I have seen in other messages that a modified
registry
may
be the problem. However, I am reluctant to use regedit without
advice
since I
am not an expert with XP (or any other programme infact).

I checked the ports in system manager and there is no LPT1 port
shown
although the microsoft standard driver still seems to be in the
windows/system32 directory.

Is there a way of making XP re-install the driver that is not too
complicated or risky?
The help desk of the computer manufacturer has told me to re-install
Window
XP but is there an easier way? If I do re-install XP, do I risk
losing
any
of
my data files on the hard disk?

Thanks for any help.








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