by smartmart » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:32 am
Hi guys, can any of you computer techs help me out here? I have two laptops, one running winme the other winxp. I have a wireless belkin router and a wireless belkin print server. Both lappies are wifi enabled. Now the problem!!!! My winme works fine and prints lovely. The printer drivers stay in the control panel even though the printer is not directly connected. My winxp seems to delete the drivers when i disconnect the printer and re-installs when I connect the printer. Therefore, not being able to print to the wireless print server. I have spent 3 long hard hours on the phone to belkin tech support. They say "hmm, that shouldnt happen". Well I bloody know that. They take me through all the ADD ports fiasco, and re-install the print server, turn off firewall /anti-virus etc. Nothing seems to work. So my shiney new winxp laptop can't hold the drivers for the printer when it is not directly connected. I believe it could be down to the WINDOWS FOUND NEW HARDWARE device, because when i connect the printer it whizzes and whurrs, then says" hardware is ready to use". Can anybody please give some ideas, maybe to isolate the FOUND NEW HARDWARE device or just simply tell me how to overcome this..regards Martin, surrey.
Hi guys, can any of you computer techs help me out here? I have two laptops, one running winme the other winxp. I have a wireless belkin router and a wireless belkin print server. Both lappies are wifi enabled. Now the problem!!!! My winme works fine and prints lovely. The printer drivers stay in the control panel even though the printer is not directly connected. My winxp seems to delete the drivers when i disconnect the printer and re-installs when I connect the printer. Therefore, not being able to print to the wireless print server. I have spent 3 long hard hours on the phone to belkin tech support. They say "hmm, that shouldnt happen". Well I bloody know that. They take me through all the ADD ports fiasco, and re-install the print server, turn off firewall /anti-virus etc. Nothing seems to work. So my shiney new winxp laptop can't hold the drivers for the printer when it is not directly connected. I believe it could be down to the WINDOWS FOUND NEW HARDWARE device, because when i connect the printer it whizzes and whurrs, then says" hardware is ready to use". Can anybody please give some ideas, maybe to isolate the FOUND NEW HARDWARE device or just simply tell me how to overcome this..regards Martin, surrey.