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by chiliman 1 view

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It prints random characters at reboot/logon. The printer, HP5, doesn't show as installed, when I installed it, it installed/showed as (copy 2). I then uninstalled it. The printer, HP5, is installed on w2k Pro, where the XP users home dir is. TheXP does have HP3150 installed as default & Fax printer. I see Printer port info as:
Port Description Printer
LPT1: HP LazerJet 3150
LPT2: blank
LPT3: blank
File: Print to file
NUL: local port JetSuite Fax, JetSuite Doc Capture
Disk: local port

I took down the W2k and restarted the XP and after bringing W2k back up, no printing. I created a user on XP and restarted/logged on as him and no printing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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by dinotech

Remove the printer from Win2k. Install the printer as a shared printer and make sure that the driver for Windows XP is check under additional drivers. When an XP client connects to the printer, it automatically installs the driver for that printer.

Also, the name of your HP printer is spelled incorrectly. It should be LaserJet 3150, not LazerJet 3150. If that was a typo on your part, then it is not a problem. If it was spelled like that on your system, remove the file immediately! HP doesn't use wierd spelling so it could be a virus or corrupted driver.

I have Windows XP if you wish to engage a Remote Assistance session. My nick is Dinotech

by chiliman

Hi, sorry I'm so late in getting back to you. It turned out to be BugBear virus infection. I found a suspect program in the users startup and checked the pc out with TrendMicro Housecall. I had deleted the printer and restarted both machines, andgot no printing, but I then installed the printer on w2k and at reboot printing resumed as before. It was then that I looked to find the rouge program.

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