After I load my comp., it always tells me that certain devices or drivers were not loaded because...... (they won't work)...... in more words, or less.

I have narrowed it down to a 'parallel device'. I decided that it was a PRINTER driver. My printer hasn't been working.

I dloaded an XP printer driver, and deleted the P D, and the printer is now working, but, I still get the same message when I boot up.

Was it just a coincidence, and the P D doesn't have ANYTHING to do with the printer?EverJack1.......First has this printer ever worked properly on the XP machine ......because if its an OLDER printer it may not work......or go to the printer manufacturers website and look for one of their drivers that is designed to work with XP . Have you tried uninstalling the printer.....then physically disconnecting the printer cable from the back of your computer .Reboot the pc and check to be sure that there is no printer listed . Then shut down the pc again .......RECONNECT the printer cable to the pc .......turn on the printer ( power to it ) .....now startup your pc .......windows should see the new hardware and install the appropriate driver..... if it cant find one it will ask you for one ....then install the one you got from the manufacturers site .

Hope this helps

dl65 I haven't tried that, but I will, dl65..... Thanks

JackSoftware first.......hardware next.....remove printer from the device manager lpt and re-boot.