[aclug-L] Re: Sales and lack of stock and non-rain check! Was:Re: Re: If you had a Win98se Question what forum/blog would you go to?

[DAVID CARMICHAEL <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well it looks like we are going to be able to try a
new OS after all... a co-worker had purchased a copy
of XP HOME UPGRADE.. only to have hardware failure on
the system he was going to install on and ended up
purchasing a new computer with it pre-installed so he
gave me his un-opened[!!!] copy..

--David

--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well said and because the win98se resources are down
> to 65%, the OS is 
> out of memory while trying to print out a graphic
> intensive project.  
> Some graphics programs create HUGE files.  So is the
> problem with with 
> printer or the graphics program or win98se?  It is
> hard to say without a 
> clean load of win98se, installing the multi-function
> printer drivers and 
> the graphics program.
> 
> Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 01:15 -0800, DAVID CARMICHAEL
> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>System has 512mb [the motherboards max] installed.
> >>When trying to print the system resources say 65%
> >>
> >>As I changed the printer settings to print
> directly to
> >>the printer and not to use the spooler _AND_ to
> not
> >>start printing till the full job had been
> spooled...
> >>the printer stopped printing at the same points in
> the
> >>print job??
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You are printing directly and not spooling?  That
> is often a problem
> >because the data transmission stops when the
> printer memory gets full
> >and there is nothing to  restart it.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I have sent as many as ten single page jobs and
> all
> >>ten printed with out any trouble...
> >>
> >>But the printer will not print even one two page
> job
> >>with out locking up!
> >>
> >>I am starting to think that there is something
> wrong
> >>with the design of the printer... 
> >>
> >>But if that was so I am sure that I would be
> reading
> >>all sorts of 'bad posting' in the printer forums..
> as
> >>OfficeMax [and Staples] has had this printer on
> sale
> >>for the past three months and my wife was told she
> was
> >>the first person to exchange the printer to the
> 'North
> >>Rock' OfficeMax, and I talked to the manager at
> the
> >>'East Kellogg' OfficeMax and he claims to not had
> a
> >>single one of the Brother printers returned, yet
> he
> >>claims to of had a number of "HP's & Lexmark's"
> return
> >>as non-working....
> >>
> >>On another topic... sales and lack of stock and
> >>non-rain check!
> >>Newspaper did not get delivered to my house till
> 11am
> >>Sunday am.. Wife saw the "$199.00" CompUSA system.
> We
> >>check both the phone stock and online stock status
> and
> >>the item is listed as in stock.. so just to make
> sure
> >>before we drove I called the store directly and
> was
> >>told that the store was not connected to the
> stocking
> >>system and they only had five of the systems which
> >>were sold out when the store opened at 9am... But
> >>called back and spoke to a different clerk a few
> hours
> >>later and was told "...the manager would only
> allow us
> >>to sell five on sale but have 15 in stock...which
> is
> >>why the stock status is stating the item is in
> >>stock..." While the addvert says "Limited to stock
> on
> >>hand" is this leagl?? 
> >>
> >>--David
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>How much ram is on this computer and what is the
> >>>percentage of resources 
> >>>are free?  ~Anne
> >>>
> >>>DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Done
> >>>>[X] "... Cleanup the temp directory (manually
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>delete
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>all *.tmp files)..."
> >>>>
> >>>>[X] "...and run defrag again in safe mode..."
> >>>>
> >>>>[X] "...Have you tried using the parallel port
> >>>>instead?..." 
> >>>>    [Not an option USB only printer]   
> >>>>
> >>>>[?] "...Sounds like the print buffer is too full
> or
> >>>>win98se is unable to handle the very large size
> of
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>print spool files that the brother printer is
> >>>>producing..." 
> >>>>    [Any way to adjust this in Win98se through a
> >>>>patch/hack? Send the spool to another drive?] 
> >>>>
> >>>>[!] "...Have you considered upgrading to
> win2k?..."
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>    [Do not want to purchase new "OS" yet. And
> the
> >>>>XP-Home-"UPGRADE" co$t$ would rather spend
> toward
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>new
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>system in the next two months] 
> >>>>
> >>>>[! The PCI->USB2.0 card can be used in other
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>systems
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>in the house so it was not a total waste of $15
> to
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>try
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>it out.]
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Sounds like the print buffer is too full or
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>win98se
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>>is unable to handle 
> >>>>>the very large size of the print spool files
> that
> >>>>>the brother printer is 
> >>>>>producing.  Cleanup the temp directory
> (manually
> >>>>>delete all *.tmp files) 
> >>>>>and run defrag again in safe mode.  Have you
> tried
> >>>>>using the parallel 
> >>>>>port instead?  Win98se doesn't handle usb well
> at
> 
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