After downloading (automatic Microsoft updated 9-16-07) I cannot use my HP
printers – reloading the drivers did not help nor turning off the firewall.
Laptops without update (same printers) work. Tried to use system restore
points previous to download date, but “System cannot be ...

Hi,
Here's one to get your collective teeth into - bit of a long one, please
bear with me while I flesh this one out.
At one of our client sites we have a really wierd problem. Firstly the site

I moved the printer from my wifes computer to mine.  It is hooked up to my
computer via usb.  It works fine this way EXCEPT it will not print from my
wifes computer.  Her computer in in the network but when I try to print from
it a get the message "printer is offline"  I have ...

My printer will not print the whole page only part of it.  What kind of
patch do I need to repair the problem.

I have a whole set of .pdf files (excuse the redundancy; I know that the 'f'
stands for file) that I want to convert to .txt files.  Saving them as .txt
files hasn't done what I wanted; this is columnar data, and it will put one
or more elements from, say, the second row into the ...

I saw previous thread
stating how to configure PC fax in XP. Then why they gave Calling card
feature in dialing rules? Do they are useful with someother application. I
need 15 to 20 seconds pause they prompt a big voice message before asked to

I'm trying to install microsoft fax in my windows xp but it is asking for the
windows xp home edition pack 2 disc which i don't have. What should I do?

I am trying to send a fax from a Windows application.  The first few times I
tried, the message I got was "No dial tone".  I have DSL, read the threads in
this regard, and successfully turned off the "Wait for Dial Tone" check box
on the modem properties screen.  Now it seems to ...

I hope that my first posting in these forums is in the right place. If not,
please let me know.
My situtuation is as follows:
1) My Windows XP SP2 system with all updates, patches, etc, had become

I'm running Windows XP home with SP2.  My printer is a new Lexmark 5400, but  
I was having this same problem wirh my old printer too.  When I try to print
something in Word Perfect nothing happens.  If I press print again the task
bar at the top goes to white and the blue bar at ...

I have an application that needs to send data to a printer to load
images in the printer's memory.
I have been successful in the past with
  COPY filename.xxx /B \\computername\printername

Have two systems doing the same thing.  Dell Optiplex computers running XP
Professional SP2 with all the latest patches.  HP 1018 printer connected via
USB and shared.  Printer will work for a while and then stop printing.  If
you stop and restart the spooler the print jobs start ...

I have a small home network, 2 desktops and 3 laptops all running XP with SP2
and up to date patches. I recently purchaced a HP LASERJET4050tn printer.
This printer is equiped with a NIC. On all laptops and one desktop machine I
was able to create a new port with add printer ...

Before our XP upgrade, a user could define multiple print definitions for the
same laser printer within the Printers & Faxes dialog box. This came in real
handy as the users could then toggle easily between Letter size and Ledger
size output. They simply changed the preferences ...

This is only causing a user intermittent problems with Outlook.
Sometimes it doesn't allow him to print, Outlook will hang when
opening the application and display an error about not being able to
find a printer.