Hi,

Did you check that the port is enabled in the system BIOS?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"dpower" <damianpower@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Thanks Rick.
> However, I tried that but LPT1 does not appear. When I click on "Printer
> Port" it only shows LPT3. So the problem persists.
>
>
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> dpower
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Control Panel/Add hardware
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "dpower" <damianpower@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4745C649-E415-4116-B406-C82630C2FD5F@microsoft.com...
>> > Somehow Windows XP has deleted the LPT1 port fom my Device Manager so
>> > now
>> > my
>> > printer will not print. How can I renew it?
>> > Thanks.
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>> > dpower
>>
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