Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?
- From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:22:44 +0300
Answers interspersed.
> Did you follow the install directions fully?
Yes, Hugh, I think I did. I read in the Quick Start manual first, and I did
not plug in the printer data cable until after I had installed the driver in
the computer.
Have you tried deleting
> both printers and starting over with the install?
I first tried uninstalling the printers, and then I tried deleting the
drivers. Because of the many error message I received, I wanted to use
System Install.
> Does the new printer work at all?
Not any more :-(
> 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.
I didn't know that. Thank you for the tip. I'll try it now.
David Grossman
>
>
> David Grossman wrote:
> > 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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