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Share a Printer from XP to Windows 7

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One common problem I have run into with clients is trying to share a printer connected to a Windows XP machine with Windows 7. There are lots of people out there that have USB connected printers attached to one computer, usually a Windows XP machine. If you get a new laptop running Windows 7, it makes sense to share that printer so that any computer can print to it. Unfortunately, trying to print to an shared printer on XP from Windows 7 is not as simple as it should be! In this article I will walk you through the steps for XP to Windows 7 printer sharing. I am assuming your printer is directly attached to a Windows XP machine and you want to print from a Windows 7 machine. Step 1 : First make sure that the printer on the XP machine is shared. You can do this by right-clicking on the printer and choosing Sharing . Click the Share this printer radio button and give your printer a share name. Make sure is less than 8 characters and does not contain any symbols. Step 2 : Make su...

BIOS beep codes.

I see many users to confused on BIOS beep codes, so ill create a new topic with them (i search the forum for a topic like this but i didn't find anything, but if this topic exists just delete mine.) AMI BIOS: 1 beep - System boot successfull *1beep - Refresh failure - (NO VIDEO) memory refresh failure (bad memory) 2 beeps - Parity error - bad memory 3 beeps - Base 64K memory failure - bad memory 4 beeps - Timer not operational - bad motherboard 5 beeps - Processor error - bad processor 6 beeps - 8042 gate A20 failure - bad cpu or mainboard 7 beeps - Processor exception interput error - bad processor 8 beeps - Display memory read/write failure - bad video card or memory 9 beeps - ROM checksum error - bad BIOS 10 beeps - CMOS shutdown register read/write error - bad motherboard 11 beeps - Cache memory bad - bad CPU or motherboard 12 beeps - BIOS rom file incorrect size - The BIOS ROM file found does not match the size of the flash device 13 beeps - BIOS rom image mis...