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by lizlong

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A couple of weeks ago, I removed (from my printers folder) a HP printer with a LPT1 connection. No problem there, done it plenty of times. I then tried to install the same printer but using a serial printer cable. While the printer drivers, etc were installing the process locked up and I had to Ctl/Atl/Del to get to task manager and stop the install. The printer then appeared in the printers folder although it would not print. Test print failed as well. I decided to remove the printer and reinstall using original parallel cable/config. The printer is working fine but the server is now sluggish at initial login and initial startup of any programs. Once the programs start they run fine, it just takes a while. Client logins are not any slower than before. Any ideas?
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by birdysaw

Not sure this might help.
But you might want to try to see
if any printer processes are still active.

I had the same problem of sluggishness
when i turn off the printer after installing
it and reboot the server. it seems as if the server is searching for the printer.

strange ...
hope this helps ...

by ann777

Another thing you might check is whether HP placed the Toolbox in the System Tray (at the lower right hand corner). They tend to do that with their printers and that "eats" system resources majorly.

Remove any startup programs for the printer from the "Run" portions of the registry.

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