Printing is 50-fold slower

[Peter Olcott]

I recently installed a different copy of Windows XP Pro on
my computer, and found that printing a single page of text
to the network printer takes minutes instead of seconds. The
install was from a complete re-formatted hard-drive.

There are a few differences with the copy of Windows XP, one
of them is that I can not create an "Administator" login.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I recently installed a different copy of Windows XP Pro on my computer, and
found that printing a single page of text to the network printer takes
minutes instead of seconds. The install was from a complete re-formatted
hard-drive.

There are a few differences with the copy of Windows XP, one of them is
that I can not create an "Administator" login.

This is likely to be a networking issue, not a Windows issue.
You could connect a printer locally to find out.

Why can't you create an "Admin" login? You need to provide
more details: How you're trying to do it and what exactly
happens. Remember - we can't see your machine!

 

[Ghostrider]

I recently installed a different copy of Windows XP Pro on
my computer, and found that printing a single page of text
to the network printer takes minutes instead of seconds. The
install was from a complete re-formatted hard-drive.

There are a few differences with the copy of Windows XP, one
of them is that I can not create an "Administator" login.

One thing to remember is that installing a different copy of
Windows XP might mean installing a different version of the
printer driver files. Believe it or not, not all driver files
of the same name may behave the same; some newer (or updated)
ones may actually run worse than the ones that were replaced.

 

[smlunatick]

I recently installed a different copy of Windows XP Pro on
my computer, and found that printing a single page of text
to the network printer takes minutes instead of seconds. The
install was from a complete re-formatted hard-drive.

There are a few differences with the copy of Windows XP, one
of them is that I can not create an "Administator" login.

Administrator user account is always created automatically. By
default, it will not show up on the Welcome screen.

If you did a complete re-format of the drive and re-install a
different XP version, you need / should re-install the motherbaord
chipset drivers. These drivers help the installed XP understand how
to correctly access the motherboard reasources (USB, IDE, IRQs etc.)