> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:37:21 -0600 > From: "Arkajyoti Misra" <arkajyoti at gmail.com> > 1. A HP 1100 printer is connected to the parallel port of the > notebook. It works fine but when I boot the machine in FC3 it does not > see the printer and the hardware configuration wizard asks for > keeping/withdrawing/doing nothing with the configuration. The work > around I am using is to restore the bios setting before booting the > machine. I need to do it "every" time I boot the machine in FC3. Win XP, > however, sees the printer fine. How can I stop FC3 to change the bios > settings? This could be because Windows XP and FC3 are both "Plug and Play" and they use different IRQ settings. If you can, make the laptop configure its peripherals (like the LPT port) before any OS boots. (Turn Plug and Play OS OFF if that's available.) Chris Schumann