Recent content by NigelJ

Funnily enough, I had a Canon scanner before the HP. I got it around 2000, when I was using Windows 98. After I changed to XP Canon still supported it, but when I changed to Vista, in 2007, they stopped supporting it, and that's when I switched to HP. I might be about to go full circle. I tried...

It's a really good scanner, better than the one with my printer/scanner. It's from 2007 so I can understand HP not supporting it indefinitely. Unfortunately for HP, if I was to get a new scanner it would very likely be a Canon, which is what I had before the HP. I will try the Win 8.1 driver...

My printer/scanner recently broke down, and I have decided not to replace it. I rarely print in colour, so my mono laser printer will suffice. The problem I have is with my scanner. I have an HP Scanjet 3800, which I have owned for over ten years, and to the best of my knowledge it still works...

My brother no longer has that laptop, he got another (new one) last year, which has Windows 11 on it.

According to Dell's website it was January 2020, but you could be right.

No reason other than I think it looks nice.

Ok, thanks for that. As a matter of interest (I'm not going to do it) if I was to buy a new copy of Windows 11, and do a fresh install, would it work?

I’m confused (nothing new there!). A couple of weeks ago I acquired a three year old Dell Optiplex 7050 micro PC. It is a refurbished (by Stone) model, with a COA Windows 10 for refurbished PCs. It has an Intel i5 processor (6500T) running at 2.5GHz, and it is quad core. I assumed that once I...

I don't know why I put HP, should have said Samsung. It's not a totally new set up as it was connected directly before I got the print server. It doesn't appear in device manager, and that's the problem, the PC needs to see it before I set up the driver. It's not the printer at fault as it works...

I have tried a different USB cable, which I know is ok. The printer is used stand alone (no network). I've downloaded the latest driver from HP's website. Before I can install the driver I have to connect the printer. The PC makes a 'clunking' sound when I connect/disconnect the printer, but it...

I have a Samsung ML1630 laser printer which works fine on my old PC but not my newest one. A while ago I used it with a print server (on my newest PC only) but when the print server went faulty (kept causing blue screens) I uninstalled it and tried to get the PC to print direct again. The only...

I'm not sure to be honest, it's that long since it been used for the internet. Do I just make up an IP address, or does it have to be a specific one?

I have an old Vista PC which I use for ripping/storing music. I never let it access the internet but I do need it to access my LAN so I can transfer music to my network drive. I have just changed my router, which used to block internet access. Is there anything I can do to permanently block the...

Yes, but when I try to print, nothing happens, and nothing appears in the print queue.

I've tried two short USB leads, in two different ports, but my PC still doesn't see the printer. I can install the driver, and the printer appears, but when I try to print to it nothing happens.