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Desktop 5.5 and HP Toolbox

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:16 pm
by russellhltn
In installing Desktop 5.5, I've been noticing that the HP Toolbox I've used in the past can no longer communicate with the printer. This is for HP 1200 and 1300 printers. The toolbox is used to see the status of the printer such as toner level.

The problem only affects printers that use the LPT port. The two printers that connect via the USB work fine.

I'm thinking it might be the new Symantec firewall that's installed with Desktop 5.5, but I don't see any way to configure it to allow the program to run.

I'd rather not have to buy new cables for all the units to get this to work.

Any ideas?

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:37 pm
by thedqs
Have you tried just disabling Symantec temporarily to see if the toolbox works?

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:00 pm
by russellhltn
thedqs wrote:Have you tried just disabling Symantec temporarily to see if the toolbox works?
Unable. It's preconfigured and appears to be locked down.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:46 pm
by thedqs
Even with the administrator account on the machine or do all the new machines now have a "power user" account which cannot change symantec settings?

As an admin you still should be able to shut down the process or the service temporarily.

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:20 pm
by russellhltn
thedqs wrote:Even with the administrator account on the machine or do all the new machines now have a "power user" account which cannot change symantec settings?

As an admin you still should be able to shut down the process or the service temporarily.
Keep in mind that "Clerk" login is administrator. :mad:

Yeah, I guess I could try and kill the process, but I was hoping by posting here I'd get some attention by the guys in charge who would know if that's the case or not.

And yes, it's quite possible to limit an administrator. For example on the admin machines I've set up, you can't change the date/time in Windows with the clerk login. (Someone in one ward was using it as a calendar reference - and messing up MLS. I disabled it and they've never had a problem since.)

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:30 pm
by thedqs
I remember you takling about that before. But tell us how the process killing worked.