Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?

  • From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:16:04 +0300

Answers interspersed


>
> Why could you (not) uninstall all the files, what exactly
> happened?

DG>I clicked on Remove in CPL Add/Remove, and nothing happened.
After
waiting, I went on....


>
> The error message from the Solution Center only points to an
> .xml file, just look at it like a webpage (just a different
> format).  It should not be needed.  I don't mean "look at
> it",
> I mean consider it sort of like a webpage.  The next screen
> was
> blank because the contents of the xml file could be read
> (parsed).


DG> But not even the blue header bar on top appeared!


>
> I don't know why HP Photosmart Essentials doesn't respond.
> What exactly happens when you click it?  Click it from
> elsewhere, you could be clicking just an icon .ico file.
> Again, it could require a Service be running for it to open.


DG> I don't know where else to click on it.


>
> In order for a scanner to work, again another Service,
> "Windows
> Image Acquisition" has to be running.  If it is, and the
> scanner is indeed ON, that's another problem.  Sometimes USB
> devices like printers or scanners have an auto shutoff, and
> auto-on, and they don't always come on when they're supposed
> to
> via the software commands, they may have to be mechanically
> turned on.


DG> Do you mean that HP did such an egregiously bad job on
programming this
driver that I have to turn on the service before I can use the
scanner?
Don't they care about their customers?




> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>

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