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  1. November 12th, 2006, 09:03 AM #1
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    Printer install probs

    Hi,
    My aunt has just bought a new printer coz her old one packed up. Its an HP 3900series. I cant get it to install. Her computer is really old, its an K6 running 98 with 64Mb RAM. I run the extractor pack then click install and it gives me a kernel error in user.dat(i think). Is there anyway i can just install the .inf files or whatever i need so she can use the printer. Cheers
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  2. November 12th, 2006, 09:22 AM #2
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    according to the system requirements for the printer you need 98SE

    The 98 original edition will not allow the install.
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  3. November 12th, 2006, 10:27 AM #3
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    Ive just tried it with a clean install of 98SE (sorry forgot to mention that). Just tried again and got a different error this time. Can you think of anything else that would cause it. Do ya think a different OS would help like 2000?
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  4. November 12th, 2006, 11:26 AM #4
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    what was the different error this time? Is this a usb or parallel connection?
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  5. November 12th, 2006, 01:58 PM #5
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    Cheers for the help, i got it sorted. Turns out the computer doesnt meet minimum specs. It requires 233mhz proc, and this is registering at 232mhz. So i adjusted the config.ini file for installation and it went on no probs.
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  6. November 12th, 2006, 03:25 PM #6
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    damn I just threw out 3x233 machines which could have been upgraded to 333 and up.
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  7. November 13th, 2006, 07:05 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    damn I just threw out 3x233 machines which could have been upgraded to 333 and up.
    What ya do that for?
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  8. November 13th, 2006, 08:08 AM #8
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    cos they were dusty and taking up space... now I just have a bunch of sub 1gig mobos to gather dust. Want some? Small drives, cdroms 8x I seem to have collected as well....
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  9. November 13th, 2006, 08:12 AM #9
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    Sounds like you have quite a collection there lol
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  10. November 13th, 2006, 08:17 AM #10
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    Yup! stuff always turns out to be useful... just why I keep 3 or 4 of everything I don't know... I should ebay this lot really...but I know the day I post off the bits to their new owners, someone deserving will suddenly need that part.
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