thanks for the update
I am glad that you did not go through my suggestion because I think
just
trying to find an lpt card today is no joy. In any event it is a sad
reflection on the harm that Gates has done that wiping out his program
and
installing it again is a cure. It is almost as bad as rebooting cures
over
half of all computer problems.
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Subject: Re: Fw: Lost LPT1
At 11/8/2004 11:01 PM -0500, Avrom Fischer
wrote:
> If you still can get a parallel port card
particularly one that offers
> a choice between lpt1 and lpt2 why not
try putting one into your computer
> as lpt2 if you can select that as
an option on the card.
>Maybe wndows 98se would recognize that as new
hardware. good
>luck. though I think Branch Ricky said
something to the effect that luck
>is only the residue of preparation
or planning.
>
Thanks for the post. Patricia, who knows more than
a thing or two about
printer problems, sent me a very long post on
rebuilding the system. I was
almost at the point of reformat/rebuild when
a tech suggested at least
trying to re-installing W98SE over the system on
the disk. Since I had
nothing to lose at that point, I did it. To make a
long story short, it
worked. Some problems but they are solvable. Got LPT1
back.
Michael Norman