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• Setup P3005 connections in a mixed environment of 32-bit and 64-bit

  Please help I have the P3005 put up on a 64-bit Windows 7 computer. I used the universal driver 64 bits out of the site of hp to install. I'm trying to share the printer on another computer on the network. The other computer is a XP 32 bit SP 3. I can see the printer in the shared folder. When I try to install I get I need the correct driver. I followed http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02030517 instructions, but I can't install the 32-bit version of windows 7. I go to the properties of the printer Share, click additional drivers, click x 86 driver, but then I can't install the driver. I downloaded every xp off-site disk. Once again please help...

  Hello

  Please, try the following steps to define a printer shared by a different OS envoirnemnt:

  First step: find the host name:

  Since the PC Windows 7, right click on computer and select Properties.
  Take note of the name of the computer.

  Second step: find the share name:

  Enter the control panel > devices and printers.

  Right-click on the P3005 printer, then select printer properties.

  Enter the sharing tab, and take note of the share name.

  Third step: define the shared printer on the client computer:

  1. Download and run the XP driver below:
     http://ftp.HP.com/pub/softlib/software10/COL16638/LJ-44169-4/ljp3005pcl6win2kxp2003vista2008.exe
  2. Click Unzip, the contect will be extracted in C:\HP LJP3005 PCL6 driver.
  3. Enter the control panel > printers and faxes.
  4. Click Add a printer.
  5. Select this option to Add a local printer.
  6. The bottom of the screen, create a new port by selecting the local railway.
  7. Set the port as \\COMPUTERNAME\SHARENAMEname using the above values.
  8. In the Printers list, click disk provided, paste the path to the driver (driver C:\HP LJP3005 PCL6) file, and click OK.
  9. Follow the steps to complete the wizard, and try to print.

  Please let me know of any questions,

  Shlomi

• Comparison between Windows Vista and Windows 7

  Hi, can you help me please make a better decision?

  I am faced with a decision to make between windows Vista and the new Windows 7. I am currently using Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bit) that currently gives me a lot of problems. Now I think investing in a newer version of windows.

  Can you please recommend me in terms of:
  1 price
  2. Security
  3. ease of use
  4 reliability
  5. fitness for purpose domestic to small business (Home Office)
  6 connection to a network environment that has other versions of Windows, for example XP
  7. the ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously
  8. the programs that run on windows vista will run on windows 7? I have an accounting program I use so I would like to know if I will not have a problem if I choose windows 7

  I have an offer to buy Windows Vista Ultimate and I want to compare it to Windows 7 Home Premium

  1. Windows 7 is less expensive than Vista, version for version
  2. Windows relies on Vista security
  3. Subjective - if you've never customized XP somehow, you should get good enough with Vista or Win 7
  4. Windows 7 has proved to be reliable in the tests.
  5. Since the release of XP, all Microsoft operating systems are good for the environment
  6. Windows 7 and Vista will be connect to XP
  7. Windows 7 and Vista is better than XP
  8. Generally Yes, but there may be drivers that have been coded to search for a specific operating system. It is a business decision made by the suppliers of hardware and software that allows them to continue to support product as he approaches the end of its product lifecycle, or push the consumer to buy a newly released product

  If you do not require Bitlocker encryption or the ability to connect to a corporate domain, Windows 7 Home Premium is fine to do the job. You must keep in mind that are supported for Vista "home" versions, and that includes 'Ultimate', will end in 2012, where the support of Windows 7 will be ongoing.

  In my opinion, you would be better advised to go to Windows 7 now and miss out on the stage of Vista...

  Mike Hall MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

• Microsoft Picture It incompatibility with Windows 7 and the alternatives for the .mix files.

  I have been using Microsoft Picture It for years to design a ton of graphics for my business and now I bought a new pc with Windows 7 and find that my true love Picture It! is not compatible.  I never dreamed that this would be the case for a software that is not even a decade or just spent thousands on the new pc would sit immediately to the store that it came.  I really feel that Microsoft has cheated me on something that I paid for and invested so much work making it unusable, and it brought my small business to a standstill.  What other program is available that is compatible with Windows 7 that will allow me to edit and view existing and another .mix Picture It! file format and contain all the features of Picture It?  I'd be willing to buy other Microsoft software to Picture It compatible with Windows 7 if necessary.

  Hi all

  I know you are all disappointed that Microsoft Picture It is not compatible with Windows 7.

  Your comments would be better heard if you send to the site Windows 7 comments.
  http://mymfe.Microsoft.com/Windows%207/feedback.aspx?formid=195

  Here are your options when the software is not compatible:

  If the program is not compatible, then you try to install and run the program in compatibility mode.

  Use the following steps:
  (1) right click on the program
  2) click Properties
  3) click on the Compatibility tab
  (4) select run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows XP, Windows Vista or other operating system, the program has been run successfully.

  Check out the link here: make sure to run older programs in this version of Windows
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

  If you are running Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate version, install Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx) and run your software in Windows XP.

  If you run Windows 7 Home Premium, try VirtualBox (www.virtualbox.org) or VMware Player
  (www.vmware.com) or any other virtualization 3party software and install a separate copy of Windows XP (family or professional edition) for this purpose. You can find the virtualization software free that will run on Windows 7 Home Premium.

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn

• Windows 7 icons look like windows 7 and xp mixed.

  Original title: style of windows 7.

  Hello! I don't know what I did but my windows 7 icons look like this now:

  It's like windows 7 and xp mixed (see this marker of the icon like in xp, not not like in 7 transparent square). I kinda like that, but it will be better if you tell me how to do it on purpose, because I did not goal! And that's why I'm worrying about I did not on purpose! And I even took this screenshot using way: Impr. xp screen then the paint. What's happening: I mixed system files with my windows 7 xp half?. Help, please. And after that you could tell me how to do it on the purpose – if possible? I can like it :).

  

  Well, what the...? :) I restarted my PC (I stopped last night and just started my PC today) and everything is normal. My icons once more the window transparent when I hover over them like originally in windows 7. Do you always think I do the tutorial or he didn't need? :))

• Mix HomeGroup Windows 7 and 8

  OK, so I spent most of my morning trying to understand this.  Please do not send me links to run the troubleshooter to homegroup, I did this about 70 times already.

  Details:
  I have about 10 machines I want to set up a homegroup to share files, etc.
  The problem is that there is a computer saying that a homegroup already exists on it.  This machine has disappeared, so suggestions to bring this machine will not work.

  Issues related to the:

  1.) how is it possible that a homegroup reports always available for a machine that has not connected in our network of more than 3 months?
  2.) how can I clear it so I can create a NEW machine home group, which is supposed to have.  This machine runs windows 8.

  Hello

  1 Yes

  2 see here the top link and others as needed.

  Windows 8 - problems of the homegroup in Windows - create, join, use a homegroup - cannot
  Print - Impossible to delete a homegroup
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/HomeGroup-problems-in-Windows

  Windows 7 (applies to Windows 8) - why I can't access my homegroup?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/why-cant-I-access-my-HomeGroup

  Windows 7 (applies to Windows 8) - Windows 7, and homegroup: sharing with Windows XP.
  Windows Vista and other operating systems
  http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&ID=17168

  I hope this helps.

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• Message box color settings disabled when you use the dialog "Windows color and appearance".

  When you use the configuration dialog box 'Window color and appearance', why are there color settings invalid?  I want to remove the default 'Pastel Pink' value that I find unacceptable.

  I can switch to "Classic Windows" that uses no pastel pink color, but "Classic Windows" does not support "Aero Peek", and the windows look pretty tired.  You can only take "Classic Windows" for many years.

  Color settings are disabled for: buttons, Message box, title of Palette, scroll bar.

  Help, please!

  Me too I'm frustrated by that.   Found the old windows with very honest XP environment.   I used the advanced settings, but has not found a way to save the changes with a label, so I knew that the changes you made.   It is just Frigging trial and error and very frustrating.

  Why are there no way to return either to the default value (not found a default label) or save the settings changed under a name?    It is a productivity KILLER.

  Hello

  Interface user of Windows 7 is theme based. The colors are defined by the theme.

  You still have many color options that can be used to change the colors.

  Right click on the desktop and select Personalize. Click on the color of the window at the bottom of the window box.

  You can select one of the colors in the boxes colored at the top.

  Adjust the intensity of the color with the cursor.

  Click on the color down mixer and you can a lot of variations on all the different color choices.

  I hope this helps.

  Thank you for using Windows 7

  Ronnie Vernon MVP

• Pre-release of Windows 10 and ReadyNAS.

  Someone at - configure a system with a pre-release version of Windows 10 and network a ReadyNAS?
  I am interested because I intend to update soon (not sure if I'll do day 1-29/07/15), and I was wondering what impact it could have.
  I currently use Windows 7 for my main machine, with Vista, MAc etc. iphones.
  Relationship, 'nitpicking' small with the current Win 7 - NAS, as the management of credentials, Windows Explorer (see http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=81416) etc.
  I hope that things will go smoother for the relationship, or there will be some RNOS problems that could not have been foreseen.

  NETGEAR has actually tested the use of ReadNAS in a 10 of Windows (or X) environment?
  Comments please and if you already use WX, do not hesitate especially.

  We use the last samba series 4.2 in our ReadyNAS OS 6.2.x firmware.

  By nature beta software may have bugs and a few changes before the release. A major upgrade as Windows 10 is also likely to have added new SMB features that can take a long time to be taken in charge by samba, or not at all.

  You would think it should work the same way well how the ReadyNAS works with existing versions of Windows e.g. Windows 7 but it is possible, there may be some problems for early adopters.

  I would advise professional users do not update immediately. Some software, for example 3rd party software require updates to support Windows 10. If possible test it first 10 Windows on a machine of printers to hopefully avoid the problems leading to serious interruptions in service.

• Can I use Windows Xp and Windows Developer Preview to even?

  Can I use Windows Xp and Windows Developer Preview at the same time without using a virtual machine?

  You can dual boot XP and Windows 8 Developer Preview.

  How to Dual Boot Windows XP and Windows 8:
  http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-dual-boot-Windows-8-and-XP/

  For the operating system Windows 8 Developer Preview General questions:
  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/threads

  Windows 8 Developer Preview
  From the download page:
  The Developer Preview of Windows is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include beta software that may change without notice. The software is provided as is, and bear you the risk of using it. It may not be stable, work properly or work the way that the final version of the software will be. It should not be used in a production environment.

• I installed a game for windows XP and then used the troubleshooting tool to convert so that I can play in 7.__it still doesn't react. What should I do? Please answer__

  I installed a game for windows XP and then used the troubleshooting tool to convert so that I can play at 7.
  It still fails. What should I do? Please answer

  Hello

  a. what game do you have installed?
  b. do you get errors trying to run the game in compatibility mode?

  Look for error messages in the event viewer. If you find error messages after return the exact error message so that we can help you better.

  Measures to check the application event log:

  1. click on start.
  2. in the search box type eventvwr.msc, and then on enter.
  3. now, click Application in the event viewer (local).
  4. now locate the event log on the right side of the event viewer window.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-Event-Viewer 
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

  You can try to perform the clean boot on your computer and check if that helps.

  From your computer by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can determine if a background program is interfering with your game or program. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot".

  To perform a clean boot on a computer, follow these steps.
  1. click on start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  2. in the general tab, click Selective startup.
  3. under Selective startup, clear the check box load startup items.
  4. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable all.
  5. click on OK.
  6. When you are prompted, click on restart.
  7. after the computer starts, check if the problem is resolved.

  Please follow the system in the boot environment. If the problem does not occur, it indicates that the problem is related to an application or a service, we have disabled. You can use the MSCONFIG tool again to reactivate the disabled one by one element to find the culprit.

  If your issue is resolved, follow the how to determine what is causing the problem section in KB article to narrow down the exact source.
  For more information visit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796

  After you determine the startup item or the service that is causing the problem, contact the manufacturer of the program to determine if the problem can be solved. Or, run the System Configuration utility, and then click to clear the check box of the element of the problem.

  To restore your computer to a Normal startup mode, follow these steps:

  1. click on start in the box start the search.
  2. type msconfig and press ENTER.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or provide confirmation.

  3. on the general tab, click Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services and then click OK.
  4. When prompted, click on restart.

  You can check its compatibility with windows 7 in the Compatibility Center.
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

  Hope this information is useful.

• After WSUS downloaded and installed the most recent Windows XP and 7 updates, we encountered the following error: page of the Intranet Web displayed in Internet Explorer (8 or 9) is on SERVER_A

  After that WSUS installed and downloaded the most recent Windows XP and 7 updates, we encountered the following error:

  The Web page of the Intranet being viewed in Internet Explorer (8 or 9) is on SERVER_A
  and the page contains a link to a file on a network share on the Serveur_B, making the href path something like
  'http://SERVER_B/myShare/myDocument.doc '.
  ... then it does NOT work.

  If the Intranet Web page being read in IE (8 or 9) SERVER_A on
  and the page contains a link to a file on SERVER_A, making the href path something like
  'http://IP..ADDRESS/myDocument.doc '.
  ... then it does not work.

  Before these updates, the system worked flawlessly.  We try to identify the update that caused this problem, but 28 of them fell on a Tuesday.  (22/11/2011).   These questions are the same with IE8 or IE9 and WindowsXP and Windows7.

  Has anyone seen this problem?

  Thanks, Jim

  It is a specific consumer support forum.

  You will find support for WSUS in this forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/threads

  You will find support for Windows XP in an enterprise in this forum environment: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/threads

• can I use desktop using Windows 7 and Windows XP on the same network? I need allow sharing of printing

  I am trying to install 2 new computers running Windows 7 on one network of 12 others who are running Windows XP, do all need to have the same operating system?  I have a printer connected to the computer and cannot access it from my other computers.

  You can have virtually any network operating system support on computers on a particular network.  The only thing you can't do with Windows 7 computers in a mixed-OS situation is using the new "Homegroup" feature, because it's for Windows 7 only.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/sharing-files-and-printers-with-different-versions-of-Windows

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-Windows-7-and-XP/

• Sharable desktop to any number (say up to 50) of users in Windows XP and Vista when all are connected to a wireless ad-hoc network? Or is there a limit on the number of users that can be shared? ___Thanks

  Need to have this configuration in a classroom environment.

  I don't know what you mean when you ask a desktop or sharing users.

  A network computer can share files and printers with other computers, but there are limits that might make it unusable for you.  Windows XP and Vista allow 5 or 10 concurrent connections by other computers, depending on the version.

  You need an operating system of Windows Server or Linux server to allow for more concurrent connections to shared files and printers.

  I also fear that an ad - hoc network does not work well with 50 computers.

• Have a Windows update and my screens are all screwed up now, Please HELP!

  I am running Vista Home Basic and day before yesterday when I rebooted my computer, a Windows update itself installed. He said he was installing 1 of 1 files. I knew the idea of what the update was for, but when I brought my system to the top of the screen and all open windows, including web screens are all strange and almost hourglass like? I tried to restore my system to three times, tried to adjust resolutions and even settings on my old monitor and nothing works. It also seems that all icons and things are a little bit bigger and I don't see anything on the left and the right of my screen. Can someone help me? The only thing that seems normal is the password screen that appears when I turn on my computer before I get to my home page? Any ideas?

  Hi PVneedshelp,

  Welcome!

  I suggest that you try to system restore to the point before you install the update by using the Windows vista installation disc.
  To use the Windows recovery environment, you must have the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc. To start the Windows recovery environment, follow these steps:
  1 put the installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
  2. press a key when you are prompted.
  Note If your computer is not configured to start from a CD or a DVD, see the documentation provided with your computer. You may need to change your computer's BIOS settings. For more information, see BIOS: frequently asked questions.
  3. Select a language, a time , and monetaryand a method of keyboard or input and then click Next.
  4. click on repair your computer 
  5. in the dialog box System Recovery Options, click the operating system you want to repair, and then click Next
  In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click System Restore to restore the operating system to the restore point created when the program or the driver has been installed.
   
  Check out the link for more information below.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/restore-your-computer-from-a-system-image-backup

  If the previous step fails, then I suggest that you uninstall the display adapter driver that is present on the computer and then install the latest driver for graphic map of the manufacturer's Web site and check if it works very well.

  You must be logged on as administrator to perform these steps.
  How to uninstall a computer device driver.
  1. open the Manager of devices by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking system and Maintenance, and then clicking device Manager. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  2. in Device Manager, look for the device you want to Update, and then double-click the nameof the device .
  3. click on the tab driver , then click Uninstall and follow the instructions.
  Once the uninstall is complete, restart the computer and then install the driver to view CAD that you downloaded from the website of computer manufacturer.

  Also suggest to run Windows updates and make sure that you install the availability.

  1. open Windows Update by clicking the Start button, all programsand then click Windows Update.
  2. in the left pane, click check for updates, and then wait while Windows searches the latest updates for your computer.
  3. If updates are found, click install updates. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Windows Mail and browser FireFox seem frozen in time

  For a week, whenever I turn on my computer, the same e-mail to a date and time come in yet.  The messages that I had deleted from the deleted items folder are back there once again.  I've sent or forwarded messages are not in the "sent" folder.    I entered the server and delete these messages and prevents them from coming back, but the most recent messages are the same.  Whenever I turn on the computer, previously received messages come in, as if they had never been delivered before.

  Also, my browser, seems blocked.  Every time I turn on the computer, open the browser, I get the same error message - something cannot be found the page I looking for me and offers me a choice to try to reopen the tabs I had open the last time I used it, or to start a new session.  The tabs it offers me to resume the same each time - are apparently the same ones that I had opened every time that the incident that is causing all this trouble.

  In the last two days, I have done the disk cleanup and defragmentation, System Restore to a point before the date of the last post, I had received before this all started, checked with my antivirus (Avast Internet Security - the paid version) and have tried to remove my email and my browser of the 'Sandbox', a virtual environment, well that whenever I turn on the computer they are back in the sandbox.  The computer runs even slower he was before all this drama started.

  My computer is two years old and it runs Windows Vista.  No idea where to start?

  Thank you
  Susan

  Hello

  Windows Mail problem can occur if the e-mail scanner is running on the system. E-mail scanning is a built-in feature of many security software. We recommend that you disable the e-mail analysis and check the result.

  Try these steps and see if it helps.

  Step 1:

  Disable the check and scan email if it can help.

  a. make a right click the avast! Antivirus icon on the right or the taskbar on the desktop.

  b. Select stop the provider from the menu, and then click Internet mail.
  Note: It can ask the Avast password, please enter the password and click Ok.

  c. click on no, avast!: make persistent changes? window.
  Note: unless you do not want avast! run again, click No.  That way if you forget to re - activate avast! manually, avast! He will be re - activate when you restart Windows

  Step 2:

  I suggest that you put the computer in a clean boot state, and then check to see if this helps you.

  How to solve the problem by running the clean boot in Windows Vista:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: once you have completed troubleshooting, perform the steps in the step 7: to reset the computer as usual.

  Step 3:

  Try the steps in the following Microsoft article and check if it helps.

  Solve problems with Windows Mail:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-with-Windows-Mail

  Browser frozen Web question:

  1. what web browser do you use? (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) Please specify)

  2. what version of Internet Explorer is installed on your computer?

  3 are the emails received from a legitimate person or are simply ads?

  Step 1:

  Try to delete the email that you think that raises this question.

  Step 1:

  If you use Internet Explorer, and then try the steps in the following Microsoft article and check if it helps.

  How to solve the problems of Internet Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows XP:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936215

  If you use another browser, then try to uninstall and reinstall the web browser and check if this may help.

  Uninstall a program:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/uninstall-or-change-a-program

  Install a program:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/install-a-program

  Hope the information is useful.