Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?
- From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:57:05 +0300
Answers interspersed.
> Only you can answer that. ;-) It's whenever you get fed up
> with the problems. Each person will have their own limit.
Clint, I guess I'm pretty fed up, but I still want to get some sage advice
from you and the others in the group :-)
> After answering/following Hugh's advice, there could be an XP
> Service involved. Lexmark, and some HP printers, add a new XP
> Service. That Service may have to be running, or, may have to
> be NOT running in order to install another printer. You don't
> say what kind of error you got when trying to install it, so
> you need to post that.
Sorry, but I didn't mark it down. I should have.
It could be that the Service for the
> previous printer was running and it may need to be stopped. Or
> like I said, it may need to be running to install a new
> printer. So try it both ways.
How do I find that service? How do I turn it off?
>
> Also check to see that the "Print Spooler" Service is running.
> It has to be running whenever a printer is installed, and
> sometimes has to be running if one is removed.
How do I find the print spooler service?
How do I know whether it has to be running now?
>
> If it's USB, make sure the USB port is enabled and active.
Yes, the USB port is OK.
>
> Otherwise you should have no problems. I've installed numerous
> printers on the same PC with no problems.
>
I've also installed numerous printers on the same PC with no problems in the
past. I'm now using a computer that has 3 printers attached, and I've never
had any problems.
> Regarding following the instructions fully, each printer can
> have a different way it's installed. Some CANNOT be connected
> when the drivers/software is installed, they have to be
> installed first. Then the PC shut down and then the printer
> connected. Some require that the printer be connected, but
> OFF, then turned on a specific time during the driver/software
> install. Still others require they be hooked up first, then
> the driver/software installation. So be sure it (they) are
> being installed as required.
I followed the instructions for installing this printer (it was not
connected until the driver was installed).
>
> No, you DO NOT ever want to delete the registry. You probably
> couldn't do it anyway.
That's why my next question would have been - how do I delete the registry
:-)
>
> While XP's Restore should have worked, I always preach here
> about how limited it is and how everyone should use ERUNT.
> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ . It would
> have worked for a Restore. It's far more powerful and useful
> over XP's own Restore.
What would Erunt offer me at this point?
David Grossman
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
>
> Did you follow the install directions fully? Have you tried
> deleting
> both printers and starting over with the install?
> Does the new printer work at all?
> Turn off System Restore and reboot to delete all previous
> restore
> points, then turn System Restore back on. It's supposed to
> handle
> drivers, as far as I know.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Grossman"
>
> At what point do you stop fighting Windows and just re-install
> the system?
>
> I had a nice XP system on a Celeron computer with 256 MB
> memory. I installed
> a cheapo HP 2180 all-in-one scanner-printer, and it worked
> beautifully. I
> subsequently installed a cheapo HP5610 all-in-one
> fax-scanner-printer, and
> the installation failed, apparently because of conflicts with
> the 2180. I
> could not completely uninstall the 2180 printer from the
> computer, and I
> couldn't delete the 5610 driver. The 5610 and the 2180 drivers
> were
> apparently inextricably intertwined. I tried System Restore,
> going back one
> date at a time, as far as it would go. It didn't help. (Doesn't
> System
> Restore also undo printer drivers?)
>
> Now I can't use System Restore any more for any date at all. It
> won't let me
> put back the system the way it was. My printer drivers are a
> mess. I'm
> frustrated.
>
> Why can't the 5610 people at HP talk to the 2180 people, who
> are probably
> located down the hall from each other? How could two HP
> products be
> incompatible with each other?
>
> Everything else on the computer, such as MS Office and Adobe
> Acrobat, seem
> to work OK. I do not have an Internet connection on that
> computer.
>
> I'm about to re-install Windows, but before I do that, I'd like
> to consult
> with you. Would CCleaner help, or would it do more damage? Is
> there anything
> else that might work?
>
> What would happen if I would delete the Registry? Would it
> re-create itself
> in a vanilla version the next time I start up the computer?
> Could it cause
> even more damage?
>
> Are there any other things I could try before re-installing
> Windows?
>
> David Grossman
>
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