Wow. I removed the hp scan jet crap and everything seems to be working now. I can't believe how much stress this relieved. That was the most annoying thing I've had to deal with on my Mac in a very long time.
Thank you Dan and Bruce. On Dec 5, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 11:55 AM -0700 12/5/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> Just deleting it from the accounts panel should do the trick, although >> earlier versions of the HP software checked to see of it was installed >> whenever you used the scanner, and re-installed it. IN that case I reccomend >> ripping out all the HP software and just using something like VueScan to do >> the scanning. However I last encountered that behavior back in the 10.2 >> days; I'm pretty sure HP has gotten more civilized since then. > > "Civilized" is relative. > > Yes, remove "HP ScanJet Manager" from the user's login items list. It will > stay removed. > > Then you can just use the PrecisionScan software, etc, normally. It all > lives in /Applications/ Hewlett-Packard/. What I did was create an alias to > that directory, and stick it into my Pictures folder. That way I can easily > access all of it. I do NOT recommend moving the Hewlett-Packard folder out > of /Applications, as that seems to break things. > > If you want the front buttons and such to work, then you can manually launch > the ScanJet Manager.app as-needed. Just DON'T leave it running -- it has > several serious memory leaks! Easiest way to kill it when you're done is > with Activity Monitor. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
