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by mpd881

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My wife has a new Dell computer with WinXP Pro. She has a local printer, Epson C80. On my computer in the other room, I have an Epson C84. We have the computers networked so we can share folders and printers. Every time I try to set her default printer to her local C80 it works for awhile, but when I reboot it switches to the C84 in the other room. I can switch it back and it lasts again until reboot. It is really frustrating me and is making me look stupid. Anyone have any ideas of what is happening?

Thank you in advance.

Bob

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by gary.smith

Bob, try removing all the Printers on your wifes computer then re-install the printer you want as default, reboot. Then re-add the second printer not as default and reboot. If this still fails try setting up another user account on the PC and try setting up the printers in the same manner and see if the new user account retains the setting for the default printer. If so there is a problem with your wives profile which you will have to recreate.

by skidoggeruk

I know you have checked, but do you have enough rights to make it stick? IE Administrator Sometimes it seems that "Power User" is not good enough in Pro

Could be that your wife's user account is not high enough, hence the re-boot loss.

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