At 2/5/2004 06:58 AM -0500, Robert Holmgren wrote:It was, thank you. I get, "the service name was invalid." I tried various iterations -- with quotation marks and without. In W98 it seems it's not a valid option. When I "net stop /?" I'm told the valid options are: basic [stops the basic redirector]; nwredir [stops the novell compatible redirector; [workstation] stops the default redirector; [netbeui] stops the new bios interface; [nwlink] stops IPX/SPX compatible interface; and [/yes] carries out new stop command without first promting you to provide information or confirm actions. With bi-directional disabled in the printer dialog and with a new IEEE 1284 C cable (still have not figured out the difference between a B cable and a C cable connection) printing is improved quite a bit.To turn off the spooler, you might try this command in DOS: net stop "Print Spooler" To restart the spooler: net start "Print Spooler" These are commonly used "on the fly" when people have spooler malfunctions; if you use them together, they have the effect of resetting the spooler service.They work in NT; whether they work in 9x, I don't know (though I'd like to know-- I wager they don't, but it's certainly worth a try).Michael Norman