Default Printer keeps changing

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Using Control Panel --> Printers and Faxes I set the default printer to my

Brother HL-2170W laser printer by right clicking on it's icon then "set as

default printer". Upon re-boot the default printer has been automatically

reset to my HP-PSC1300 ink jet printer. How do I make my prefered printer

selection stick?



Note, left or right clicking on Brother printer icon does not produce a "set

as default printer" messages in printer task, top left pane.
 
One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party

applications may be disallowing the changes from "sticking." These include

anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,

SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),

anti-virus applications & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,

Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone Alarm,

etc.).



Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe

Mode may not disable the application's system protections.



PSRumbagh wrote:

> Using Control Panel --> Printers and Faxes I set the default printer to my

> Brother HL-2170W laser printer by right clicking on it's icon then "set as

> default printer". Upon re-boot the default printer has been automatically

> reset to my HP-PSC1300 ink jet printer. How do I make my prefered printer

> selection stick?

>

> Note, left or right clicking on Brother printer icon does not produce a

> "set

> as default printer" messages in printer task, top left pane.
 
PSRumbagh wrote:

> Using Control Panel, Printers and Faxes I set the default printer to my

> Brother HL-2170W laser printer by right-clicking on its icon, then "set as

> default printer". Upon re-boot the default printer has been automatically

> reset to my HP-PSC1300 ink jet printer. How do I make my preferred printer

> selection stick?

>

> Note, left or right clicking on Brother printer icon does not produce a "set

> as default printer" messages in printer task, top left pane.



Two things to try:



- Remove, then reinstall the Brother printer.



- http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings



--

Joe =o)
 
I used the "Restore Wizard" to restore my laptop to a date before this

problem started, i.e. restore to 8 January 2010. Printer setting now

"sticks". Also, some unknown icons in the system tray vanished after the

restore (good). These problems seemed to start after a McAfee spyware update

from AOL in late January.



"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:



> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party

> applications may be disallowing the changes from "sticking." These include

> anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,

> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),

> anti-virus applications & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,

> Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone Alarm,

> etc.).

>

> Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe

> Mode may not disable the application's system protections.

>

> PSRumbagh wrote:

> > Using Control Panel --> Printers and Faxes I set the default printer to my

> > Brother HL-2170W laser printer by right clicking on it's icon then "set as

> > default printer". Upon re-boot the default printer has been automatically

> > reset to my HP-PSC1300 ink jet printer. How do I make my prefered printer

> > selection stick?

> >

> > Note, left or right clicking on Brother printer icon does not produce a

> > "set

> > as default printer" messages in printer task, top left pane.

>

> .

>
 
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