At wits end

[tlarson1]

I have a g/way perf. 500 machine. It came with w/98/se. I have since upped it to w2k/pro. (and if anybody's thinking of upgrading to w2k by all means do it!)
My problem is, when I turn my hp p1000 printer off, I get the warning that I have lost the connection to the printer.
What I need to know is if this normal in w2k?
I have the latest drivers and have tried 3 new cables
Any ideas? Please share'em....thanks,tom

 

[Killbat]

Wha...?
When you turn the printer off it gripes about losing the connection? Well... duh?

 

[tlarson1]

Well duh what? It never did this before so if you can't or won't help, SHUT YOUR ASS UP!!

 

[Slikkster]

I'll try it when I get home, but I can say that if I power off my cable modem I will get a "lost connection to network" message. I would say that it appears to be a built-in message at this time, but will check later.

 

[Wallydraigle]

I don't get a warning when I shut off my HP 970 printer in Win2000. Are you using print sharing or something? If it thinks you are on a network it might warn you that you've lost your connection to the printer if you turn it off.

 

[tlarson1]

No,Not shared, no network nobody uses this system but me. I've seen that yellow triangle a couple of times before and just hit check connection and all was good- now it just won't find it.

 

[Slikkster]

Tried my printer here at home (a USB connection, however) and simply turning it off generates no warning message. Is there a chance this isn't a Win2K message per se but rather a message generated by some HP Software you have running in the background?

 

[DAM]

good point slikkster, that might be the problem, in win2k no matter what i turn on or off, wheter its usb or not, it never gives me a message except for my network cable. so it might be some hp app





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