05-05-2016, 11:56 AM
I have had no problem getting the additions CD recognized and installed in the XP box (though Windows warned me to stop installing it several times).
I still see no USB devices available though, and wonder if this is referring specifically to memory sticks. I wonder also about input devices, as the options are PS2 mice and tablets, which strikes me as unusual. I don't remember encountering this in my previous VB setups.
The printer process fails at the detect printer stage of installation from the printer CD. I can try to install the printer manually while the install CD tries and fails to find the printer, since the drivers are installed at this point - but XP only offers to locate it on standard LPT and COM ports, not the USB ports. It finds the drivers and pretends it is installed, but can't print to it. I've tried reinstalling by moving the printer around to various USB ports, by restarting it during the process, by rebooting XP while it's on, everything. XP just can't find it.
The big question - does it work under LL? Not really, that's the reason I'm trying to create a little old XP home for it. It is a Canon Pixma ip5000 and is a nightmare. I got it working with a LL laptop, but not consistently. I have never been able to get it to print properly on the desktop LL machine, but it is recognized and usually responds, but tends only to print out in one random color.
Canon stopped supporting the drivers long ago, it really needs a 32-bit XP environment to install properly. When my last ancient laptop running XP dies, a perfectly good if inconvenient printer goes with it, so therefore this project.
I still see no USB devices available though, and wonder if this is referring specifically to memory sticks. I wonder also about input devices, as the options are PS2 mice and tablets, which strikes me as unusual. I don't remember encountering this in my previous VB setups.
The printer process fails at the detect printer stage of installation from the printer CD. I can try to install the printer manually while the install CD tries and fails to find the printer, since the drivers are installed at this point - but XP only offers to locate it on standard LPT and COM ports, not the USB ports. It finds the drivers and pretends it is installed, but can't print to it. I've tried reinstalling by moving the printer around to various USB ports, by restarting it during the process, by rebooting XP while it's on, everything. XP just can't find it.
The big question - does it work under LL? Not really, that's the reason I'm trying to create a little old XP home for it. It is a Canon Pixma ip5000 and is a nightmare. I got it working with a LL laptop, but not consistently. I have never been able to get it to print properly on the desktop LL machine, but it is recognized and usually responds, but tends only to print out in one random color.
Canon stopped supporting the drivers long ago, it really needs a 32-bit XP environment to install properly. When my last ancient laptop running XP dies, a perfectly good if inconvenient printer goes with it, so therefore this project.