Dell printer 968w on XPS 630 'Communication Not Available' Have the 968 printer setup wirelessly on my home network and was working fine until 2 weeks ago when PC to Printer communication stopped running.
McAfee has been known to cause more problems than it solves. Some of their products are borderline malware themselves. Go ahead and try to uninstall one of their products - it's almost impossible.
And their security products do not detect some of the most common viruses or trojans - just scan some of these support forums for some of the horror stories. I truly suggest ANYTHING other than McAfee. I am not a major advocate of any one alternative. Personally I use Kaspersky on all of my systems and am very pleased with it. But you can't go wrong with pretty much any of the 'big names' other than McAfee. And you should have told us about the problem with the usb ports in your first post. Dahlarbear, here are the answers to the 5 questions you asked.
I honestly have no idea what's going wrong with the USB ports. I first noticed this when my webcam software said that there was no camera connected to the computer, yet it still worked during a video call. The same thing is happening with the printer now.
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It actually works sometimes and not other times. I am trying to print from the host computer. For some reason, it prints fine from another computer on the network. Yes, this printer has only been acting up for a short amount of time. Like I said earlier, it works sometimes and not others. I printed something yesterday an it worked.
Well, something went wrong with my computer so i had to restore factory settings (which wiped the whole computer). I reinstalled the printer after that. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 530 running Vista Home Premium.
It can be annoying if you get error message “ Communication Not Available” while trying to print. This error would occur to many printer brands like Dell, HP, Lexmark and so forth. If you are seeking a solution to this issue, this is the right place for you. After trying solutions here, the problem should resolve. The error message should appear like this. Solution 1: Turn off your printer and reboot your computer. Turn on the printer again. This solution may be a trick to solve your printer issue.
Solution 2:Stop and Start the windows print spooler Follow these steps: 1. Press Win+R (Windows key and R key) at the same time. A Run dialog will appear. Copy and paste services.msc in the run box and click OK button. Find Sprint Spooler from the Name list. Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box. In “General” tab, click Stop button and OK button to disable the service.
5. O pen the Properties dialog box again. Click Start button and OK button to enable the service. Solution 3: Uninstall Printer and Update the Driver again The corrupted driver can be the cause of the problem.
To resolve the problem, try updating the printer driver. Before that, uninstall the printer first.
Follow these steps to uninstall the printer. Disconnect your printer. Press Win+R (Windows key and R key) at the same time. A Run dialog will appear. Copy and paste devmgmt.msc in the run box and click OK button. 4.Locate your printer in the device list. Usually, it is listed under category Print queues.
Right-click on the device name and select Uninstall on the context menu. (Note:if the printer has a Fax, uninstall the Fax before uninstalling the printer.) Following screen shot is only for your reference. Different printer will show different name here. Restart your PC for the change to take effect. Connect the printer, and go to the printer manufacturer’s website to download the latest driver. Before you get started, please ensure that you know the printer model and the specific operating system.
If you have difficulty with downloading drivers manually, you can use to help you. Driver Easy can detect all problem drivers in your computer and give you list of new drivers. With Driver Easy, you can update the printer driver in several minutes. If you connect your printer to PC through USB port, you can also perform steps below. Expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers branch.
Double-click the USB Root Hub device, and click the Power Management tab. (If there’s more than one USB Root Hub device, repeat these steps for each one.) 4.
Turn off the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power option, and click OK button. Reboot the computer.