Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
October 15th 05, 06:06 AM
If they were printer drivers, this article might be useful:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
My Printer only prints part of a page (corrupted printer drivers)
Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-P/I -- WA7BGX
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"Citizen Kane" l.invalid>
wrote in message ...
> I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse
freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
> musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
> turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
> off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
> things I tried.
>
> I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable
to
> the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the
adapter,
> and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
> "waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's
dead.
> It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is
it's
> doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know
it
> has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones
associated
> with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did
something
> to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening,
but
> I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
> wondering if that would have any effect.
>
> What the hell has HP done to my mouse?
>
>
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
My Printer only prints part of a page (corrupted printer drivers)
Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-P/I -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
"Citizen Kane" l.invalid>
wrote in message ...
> I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse
freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
> musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
> turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
> off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
> things I tried.
>
> I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable
to
> the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the
adapter,
> and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
> "waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's
dead.
> It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is
it's
> doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know
it
> has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones
associated
> with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did
something
> to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening,
but
> I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
> wondering if that would have any effect.
>
> What the hell has HP done to my mouse?
>
>