You won't believe this.....it doesn't make much sense...... but try different
RAM and let us know.

HTH,

Jose

Mike Buraczewski wrote:

> Hello to all.
>
> I am looking at a Win98 computer that is doing something I have never heard
> of.  Any printer that is installed on the computer installs just fine.
> There are no conflicts, and if there is any printer test as a part of the
> printer driver, it tests the printer perfectly.
>
> However.....
>
> Windows will not print to the printer.  Plug and Play correctly identifies
> the printer, the drivers load, but if you try to print a test page, it says
> that it connot access the printer.
>
> If you attempt to print from any windows program, an error message appears
> that no default printer is selected, even though there is a printer selected
> as the defaultm, both in the print dialog box, and the printer setup applet.
>
> I have tested the parallel port with a loop back plug, and it tests
> satisfactory.  The printer will print from the dos prompt [ie using the
> commnand dir c:\ >prn].
>
> Both of the printers that we tried have been tested on other computers and
> work flawlessly.
>
> Windows has been reinstalled over the current version, but only by running
> the setup program from the Start/Run command without any switches.
>
> My next choice is to install windows into a a new directory, but that
> obviously will require a reinstall of all the software on this machine.
> Short of this action, can someone suggest a method to resolve this problem,
> or perhaps a method reinstall Windows that will over write all the printer
> settings.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mike
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