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Good thoughts but no to both questions. The browser sure acts like it is being shut down by a firewall. There is some brief activity then “Done” but no webpage. I wondered if there was a registry key left from the SP2 uninstall that is closing it down.

Dave

Good thoughts but no to both questions. The browser sure acts like it is being shut down by a firewall. There is some brief activity then “Done” but no webpage. I wondered if there was a registry key left from the SP2 uninstall that is closing it down.

Dave

Thanks. I forgot to mention that I have also tried this. I uninstalled SP2 from within Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. When I discovered the browser wasn’t working I found the trick mentioned in post 356039 and then reinstalled XP (including activating it). Unfortunately the problem remained.

Dave

Thanks. I forgot to mention that I have also tried this. I uninstalled SP2 from within Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. When I discovered the browser wasn’t working I found the trick mentioned in post 356039 and then reinstalled XP (including activating it). Unfortunately the problem remained.

Dave

This Worked! I changed from ECP to EPP and now my scanner is recognized!

Thanks so much!

David

I’ll look into that when I have some time. But you make a point– this does seem to have something to do with the printer port.

Why is it that all it takes to recognize the scanner is that I go into the device manager and change the setting ECP Printer Port (LPT1) / Port Settings / Filter Resource Method to any of the other choices other than what is selected, i.e. Try Not to use as an interrupt, Never use an interrupt or Use any interrupt assigned to the port? Just changing the setting of the Filter Resource Method causes it to see the scanner and install the device driver. Then, no matter the setting, it forgets the next time I reboot.

Anybody know anything about how all this stuff works?

Thanks, David

Unfortunately, this does not work for me. I had tried it before but I tried it again since I had cleaned out the registry. No go. I can manually get xp to see the scanner if I change the settings on the printer port in Device Manager. It is good for only until the next time I reboot as then it seems to “forget” and the scanner does not show up in the device manager.

Yes. I found that also. Unfortunately, it did not work for me.

I’m thinking about downloading the Windows 2000 drivers from the HP site and see if they work.

The port is LPT1 but my scanner is USB. I wonder if the W2K driver would work since HP has not posted a driver specific to XP?

Any thoughts or cautions?

It was an upgrade to the existing software. I upgraded what was already installed and then ran it.

David

It appears to work up to the point where it announces that it can not find a scanner.

David

Thanks!

It is disabled in the tools, options dialog and still pops up when I start OE.

Anyone have a permanent disable?

Yes, messenger opens when I start Outlook Express. Is there any reason to use messenger? Since I don’t do the instant messenger thing, I just consider it an annoyance and would like it not to pop up on my tray.

Yes. It’s not listed as one of the startup switches (unless it is cleverly concealed). It doesn’t launch at startup but gets triggered at some point later on. I haven’t yet figured out what triggers it.