Crap, that exact same thing has happened to my friend with the exact same printer  - his computer running win98.
I worked and worked on it. He called HP tech support and they told him the same thing.

Hmmm...  sounds like a bad company problem to me.

- Matt Small
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Candace Cottrell
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 12:00 PM
  Subject: Roadrunner, HP printers and Win 2K HELL

  Bought an HP printer Saturday because I was pissed that the Lexmark
  cartriges were $40.

  Tried to install drivers for HP. Didn't work. Repeated for 3 hours.

  Called HP tech support.

  Anybody ever tried to talk to HP? *sigh*

  They told me my USB ports were bad and that's why I couldn't install my
  new HP 3620. SOOOO, I uninstalled all the USB devices on my machine,
  reinstalled them. They all worked fine.

  Tried to install the HP drivers again and .... no luck.

  So I thought "My Win 2K probably needs updated."
  And I went off to MS.com and downloaded the latest critical update.
  Installed it (SP4).

  Packed up HP POS and reconnected the Lexmark. Drivers re-installed like
  a charm.

  Then Roadrunner stops working.

  I did ipconfig. I have an IP. Tried to release/renew. Locked up the
  Cmd.

  Tried to ping anything. Locked up the cmd.

  Uninstalled and reinstalled TCP/IP. No change.

  When I uninstalled all the USB stuff, I did install the drivers for the
  cable modem (which I dont think were there before).

  So, I am pseudo connected according tot he tray icon and ipconfig.

  But IE, MSNMsgr, AOL IM, Nutscrape seem to disagree.

  Get "finding site www.google.com" for a looong time.

  Any ideas?

  Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer
  The Children's Medical Center
  One Children's Plaza
  Dayton, OH 45404
  937-641-4293
  http://www.childrensdayton.org

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