[CGUYS] A curious problem

2009-03-02 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
A friend has an older HP All-in-one (PSC 2410) physically connected to an older HP workstation by serial port. Machine runs XP Home. I shared the printer, and attempted to connect to it on a new HP laptop, also running XP Home. The laptop can find the printer, and when we try to install the

Re: [CGUYS] A curious problem

2009-03-02 Thread Tom Piwowar
The laptop can find the printer, and when we try to install the drivers, the install package scans the laptop and comes up with Cannot install because your processor is not powerful enough to support this printer. 1.2 Ghz is below the minimum of 500 Mhz. Looks like the installer can't count

Re: [CGUYS] A curious problem

2009-03-02 Thread Tony B
I assume you mean it's hooked up via USB, not serial. I wouldn't imagine you actually need any special drivers for it; not just for printing anyway. You can't just send a test page from notepad to it without WinXP demanding drivers? 2009/3/2 Ellen Rains Harris el...@goodshiptabasco.com: A

Re: [CGUYS] A curious problem

2009-03-02 Thread Fred Holmes
If you can temporarily set the processor speed to something lower than 1 GHz in order to install the driver, do so, and then set the processor speed back up. The software was probably written when 500 MHz was top-of-the-line. Fred Hlmes At 05:18 PM 3/2/2009, Ellen Rains Harris wrote: A friend