I installed new printer drivers for HP printer I just purchased. Everything
works fine except my drive letters under "my computer" are missing. I get the
flashlight searching for the drives. I had this problem once before but
forgot how to correct this problem. I think we went to the services tab under
administrative tools and did some correcting. I would appreciate any help to
get my drive letters back.

Doug

TweakUi might be worth a try.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

In TweakUi select My Computer, Drive Letter option.

In Services what is the Start Up type for Windows Image Acquisition?
Mine is set to Automatic.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Doug T wrote:
> I installed new printer drivers for HP printer I just purchased.
> Everything works fine except my drive letters under "my computer" are
> missing. I get the flashlight searching for the drives. I had this
> problem once before but forgot how to correct this problem. I think
> we went to the services tab under administrative tools and did some
> correcting. I would appreciate any help to get my drive letters back.

Gerry

Thanks. Upon further investigation I found this problem usually happens when
installng some of HP drivers. I have a vista laptop and everything was OK
when installed. This problems was with my desktop with XP. I had to go into
the services tab and disable windows Image acquistion. Now my drives are
back. Everything is OK. I guess it is nice to find a answer to my own problem.

Doug

"Gerry" wrote:

> Doug
>
> TweakUi might be worth a try.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp
>
> In TweakUi select My Computer, Drive Letter option.
>
> In Services what is the Start Up type for Windows Image Acquisition?
> Mine is set to Automatic.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Doug T wrote:
> > I installed new printer drivers for HP printer I just purchased.
> > Everything works fine except my drive letters under "my computer" are
> > missing. I get the flashlight searching for the drives. I had this
> > problem once before but forgot how to correct this problem. I think
> > we went to the services tab under administrative tools and did some
> > correcting. I would appreciate any help to get my drive letters back.
>
>
>

You don't mention what operating system you are using. It it's XP Pro
you can use the Group Policy Editor to unhide the drives. If you're on
XP Home you will need to download and install Group Policy Editor from
the following link -

http://files.filefront.com/GPEdit+Fi.../fileinfo.html

Once installed go to Start, Run, type in gpedit.msc and hit enter or
click OK. This will start Group Policy Editor. Now you will have to look
through all the setting to find the ones which control whether or not
drives show in Explorer and My Computer.

Later, Ray Parrish

Doug T wrote:
> I installed new printer drivers for HP printer I just purchased. Everything
> works fine except my drive letters under "my computer" are missing. I get the
> flashlight searching for the drives. I had this problem once before but
> forgot how to correct this problem. I think we went to the services tab under
> administrative tools and did some correcting. I would appreciate any help to
> get my drive letters back.

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You learn something new everyday. I will check this out. I thank you so much.

"Ray Parrish" wrote:

> You don't mention what operating system you are using. It it's XP Pro
> you can use the Group Policy Editor to unhide the drives. If you're on
> XP Home you will need to download and install Group Policy Editor from
> the following link -
>
> http://files.filefront.com/GPEdit+Fi.../fileinfo.html
>
> Once installed go to Start, Run, type in gpedit.msc and hit enter or
> click OK. This will start Group Policy Editor. Now you will have to look
> through all the setting to find the ones which control whether or not
> drives show in Explorer and My Computer.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> Doug T wrote:
> > I installed new printer drivers for HP printer I just purchased. Everything
> > works fine except my drive letters under "my computer" are missing. I get the
> > flashlight searching for the drives. I had this problem once before but
> > forgot how to correct this problem. I think we went to the services tab under
> > administrative tools and did some correcting. I would appreciate any help to
> > get my drive letters back.
>
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> http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links.
> <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html>
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>