I have an HP psc 2510 which has been working normally
until now.  It is a network printer which is still
printing fine for another computer on my home network.
I can see the printer is connected to the network as

In older versions of Windows, you could capture LPT2 or whatever to a
network port that was listed the printer port config window.  Since this was
a very straightforward and lightening quick thing to set up, I guess should
be no surprise that it was be eliminated in WinXP.  :)

I'm trying to set up a Dos Application to print to a
Network connected printer.  The Application will only
print to lpt1:.  I was able to caputer a printer port in
Windows 98 but that feature is not available in XP.  I

How do I get Windows XP to NOT ADD the LOCAL printer
automaticlly that is connected to LPT1:?

I have one user, recently upgraded to XP, that has 50
print jobs sent out to all three networked printers that
state "Download Document..."  and blocks up the print que.
Also, the same user gets a print job printed successfully

OUR xp clients can't install network printers AND after
an admin adds the printer to the computer, the results
are 50/50 that the user can print.
Users are POWER USERS and the security setting to allow

How can you put a password on a printer to prevent
unauthorized printing on a Windows XP pc?

i have a deskjet 1220c with usb connection. i have admin
account. if anyone else is logged in, i have trouble
printing. if i go out and log them off and then log back
in i can print. Limited users get a weird message about

When I try to add a printer, I get an error message saying
that the operation cannot be completed.  When I go into
services and try to start the print spooler, I get an 1068
error message.  How can I fix this?

After spending 9 hours online last nite & today, I was
told by HP online support that the problem is my version
of usbprint.sys and usbstor.sys. I'm told the version
needed for each is 5.1.2600.0. Right-clicking on

I have a 56K modem installed which appears to be working OK but when
try to send a FAX I get a message "no dial tone".  The line is workin
Ok but I don't get any tones through the speaker so I can't tell if th
modem is trying to dial or whether it just isn't accessing the line.

what do i need to share a fax over a network?
i have a hp officejet v40 fax/printer/scanner and i want
all the network users to be able to send faxes from their
workstations using this fax machine.

I've been using printer ok for years; but, last week the notepad/wordpad
print stopped working.  No error msg and printer seems to be running normally
and printing but just BLANK page.  Tried removing/reinstalling but did not
help.

I just got a new computer with window xp home version.  I
have a Lexmark Z11 printer that I am trying to install,
when I put the disk in it does nothing.  I'm just
wondering if Window XP even supports an old printer like

I cannot do an Add Printer to connect to two of our
network plotters from some XP workstations.  I get a
message:
"A policy is in effect on your computer which prevents you