Non-responsive printers

[Guest Grampa Gene]

I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955. I had a non-restorable hard

drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which bombarded

my computer with pop-ups constantly. I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

reinstalled Windows XP disks. Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

program. My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues. I've

tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail. Any ideas?

[Guest RJK]

Re: Non-responsive printers

 

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=registrycleaner.com&meta=

....results seem to indicate registrycleaner.com is a malicous site.

 

"XP DiskS" ...plural ? What diskS are you talking about ? an official XP

cd? PC vendor restore disk/s ?

 

....PC manufacturer restore procedures are sometimes supplied and described

as a "destructive restore," and sometimes a "non-destructive restore", or

both could be available/sometimes supplied !

 

A 'Destructive restore', or 'reset' if you prefer, replaces all software,

including the OS, to the state it was in when you bought it. After

performing one of these; almost certainly, anything you did, (on that drive

at least), or added to the machine after you bought it will be GONE !

 

A 'Non-destructive restore' often replaces the OS and bundled apps. to the

state they were in when you bought the thing, plus directories and files

you've previously added to the system should still be there. (Programs that

you installed after you bought the PC will either be missing or present but,

no longer working, and would need to be reinstalled).

 

If you performed a some sort of PC manufacturer "restore," and BEFORE

connecting to the internet, had made sufficient effort to harden up your

PC's defenses for internet use, your machine should be free of malware !

 

Security software, such as anti-virus programs will often interfere with

correct installation and configuration of software such as Printer drivers !

After verifying that the printer software source e.g. Epson CD, including

driver, isn't infected with malware - disconnect from the internet - disable

all security software - and install the printer driver/s.

 

I have two Epson printers and, if memory serves, they cause "merry hell" if

a firewall blocks some sort of local network access, ...or was it 127.0.0.1

....can't remember now !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Grampa Gene" <Grampa Gene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3AAE15AD-F9B5-4233-8383-46A39096E2E1@microsoft.com...

> I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955. I had a non-restorable

> hard

> drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which

> bombarded

> my computer with pop-ups constantly. I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

> reinstalled Windows XP disks. Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

> program. My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

> respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues.

> I've

> tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail. Any

> ideas?

[Guest riprap]

Re: Non-responsive printers

 

On Oct 29, 3:23 pm, Grampa Gene <Grampa

G...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955. I had a non-restorable hard

> drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which bombarded

> my computer with pop-ups constantly. I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

> reinstalled Windows XP disks. Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

> program. My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

> respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues. I've

> tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail. Any ideas?

 

Hello Grampa Gene,

Am I correct in assuming that you re-installed both printers 'from

scratch' after the

new hd install?

riprap

[Guest Romeolah]

RE: Non-responsive printers

 

Hi anybody,

I like to ask whether this registrycleaner,com, or the registry

cleanerxp.com is a safe site. It kept popping on the monitor. I am using

windows2000. the pop up read as follows:

QUOTE

 

" MESSAGE FROM LOCAL SYSTEM TO USER ON .....(DATE)

 

CRITICAL ERROR MESSAGE- REGISTRY DAMAGED AND CORRUPTED

 

tO FIX THE PROBLEM:

OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER AND TYPE: http://WWW.REGISTRYCLEANERXP.COM

ONCE YOU LOAD THE WEB PAGE, CLOSE THIS MESSAGE WINDOW.

 

aFTER YOU INSTALL THE CLEANER PROGRAM YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANYMORE REMINDERS

OR POP UPS LIKE THIS

 

VISIT http://WWW.REGISTRY CLEANER.COM IMMEDIATELY

 

UNQUOTE

 

i HAVE JUST RELOADED THE WINDOWS ON A NEW HARD DISK DRIVE

 

THANKS

 

ROMEOLAH

 

"Grampa Gene" wrote:

> I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955. I had a non-restorable hard

> drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which bombarded

> my computer with pop-ups constantly. I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

> reinstalled Windows XP disks. Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

> program. My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

> respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues. I've

> tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail. Any ideas?

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Non-responsive printers

 

On Mar 26, 8:26 am, Romeolah <romeoolaliaavi...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi anybody,

> I like to ask whether this registrycleaner,com, or the registry

> cleanerxp.com is a safe site. It kept popping on the monitor. I am using

> windows2000. the pop up read as follows:

> QUOTE

>

> " MESSAGE FROM LOCAL SYSTEM TO USER ON .....(DATE)

>

> CRITICAL ERROR MESSAGE- REGISTRY DAMAGED AND CORRUPTED

>

> tO FIX THE PROBLEM:

> OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER AND TYPE: http://WWW.REGISTRYCLEANERXP.COM

> ONCE YOU LOAD THE WEB PAGE, CLOSE THIS MESSAGE WINDOW.

>

> aFTER YOU INSTALL THE CLEANER PROGRAM YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANYMORE REMINDERS

> OR POP UPS LIKE THIS

>

> VISIT http://WWW.REGISTRY CLEANER.COM IMMEDIATELY

>

> UNQUOTE

>

> i HAVE JUST RELOADED THE WINDOWS ON A NEW HARD DISK DRIVE

>

> THANKS

>

> ROMEOLAH

>

>

>

> "Grampa Gene" wrote:

> > I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955.  I had a non-restorable hard

> > drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which bombarded

> > my computer with pop-ups constantly.  I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

> > reinstalled Windows XP disks.  Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

> > program.  My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

> > respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues.  I've

> > tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail.  Any ideas?- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

Never respond the these type of message! This a method of re-

directing your Internet to a dangerous web site and infest your system

with spyware (if you are lucky) or "ransomware" (more likely this!)

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Non-responsive printers

 

NO, it's a scam. You need to install a firewall.

 

Romeolah wrote:

> Hi anybody,

> I like to ask whether this registrycleaner,com, or the registry

> cleanerxp.com is a safe site. It kept popping on the monitor. I am using

> windows2000. the pop up read as follows:

> QUOTE

>

> " MESSAGE FROM LOCAL SYSTEM TO USER ON .....(DATE)

>

> CRITICAL ERROR MESSAGE- REGISTRY DAMAGED AND CORRUPTED

>

> tO FIX THE PROBLEM:

> OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER AND TYPE: http://WWW.REGISTRYCLEANERXP.COM

> ONCE YOU LOAD THE WEB PAGE, CLOSE THIS MESSAGE WINDOW.

>

> aFTER YOU INSTALL THE CLEANER PROGRAM YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANYMORE REMINDERS

> OR POP UPS LIKE THIS

>

> VISIT http://WWW.REGISTRY CLEANER.COM IMMEDIATELY

>

> UNQUOTE

>

> i HAVE JUST RELOADED THE WINDOWS ON A NEW HARD DISK DRIVE

>

> THANKS

>

> ROMEOLAH

>

> "Grampa Gene" wrote:

>

>

>>I'm running Windows XP on an HP Pavilion 7955. I had a non-restorable hard

>>drive crash last week, possibly due to registerycleanerxp.com which bombarded

>>my computer with pop-ups constantly. I installed a 160 gig hard drive and

>>reinstalled Windows XP disks. Also installed a spyware and an antivirus

>>program. My Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer, and Canon BJC-4550 do not

>>respond, although their windows show that there is data in the queues. I've

>>tried restarting the Print Spooler in services.msc to no avail. Any ideas?