No HP Devices have been detected. HP Solution Center will close now: The Real Solution

So I was all over the web, trying to fix "No HP Devices have been detected. HP Solution Center will close now." Most places tell you to edit your registry etc. I spent a day on this whole mess. If you found this post I this is my attempt to save you the time. So what's the fix. First, what I learnt. Do not update the HP printer drivers yourself, if you have software suite. Upgrade via their process. How to fix the issue then if you now get the error: "No HP Devices have been detected. HP Solution Center will close now." It's simple. Unplug your printer. Use Add/Remove programs. Always start with removing HP Solution Center first, then the drivers and then any software you want. Then reinstall the software, using the normal update process. Easy peasy. Also another annoyance ("Print Spooler service not running") I came across in the process of connecting the F4200 Series to a small network.

Faulting application spoolsv.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791956c, faulting module hpz3r5mu.dll, version 61.73.241.0, time stamp 0x4719fa93, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x000a0490, process id 0x2484, application start time 0x01c93970df9d3183.

Answer that worked for me, in the properties panel of the printer, under the advance tab where you would uncheck the "Enable Advance Printing Features".

Have fun with your printer-hope I could help!

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Geocities is Almost Gone

Hi All,

I used to use Geocities a lot. But now it's dying a slow death. Got the below email:

Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer,

We're writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.

What You Need to Do
If you'd like to move your web site, or save the images and other files you've posted online, you need to act now by choosing one of the following options:

•Move your site to Yahoo! Web Hosting.
We know your files are important to you, and we want to make moving to Web Hosting as easy and affordable as we can. For a limited time, you can move your files automatically, take advantage of terrific features like a personalized domain name and email, even redirect your GeoCities web address to your new site — all for only $4.99 a month for a full year.

For more information and complete terms, please see our special offer now.

•Download your files to your own computer.
With your pages and images saved offline, you can re-create your site with any hosting provider.

To quickly download your published files, visit your GeoCities web site, right-click on each page, and choose Save Page As... from the menu that appears. Choose a location on your computer to save your files, then click OK or Save. Learn more about downloading your files.

Don't Wait
Please be aware that after October 26, your GeoCities files will be deleted from our servers, and will not be recoverable. If you'd like to save your files, you must download them now or move to Yahoo! Web Hosting. If you need assistance, please visit the help center.

We want to thank you for being a GeoCities customer, and hope you continue to enjoy our other Yahoo! services.

Best regards,

The Yahoo! GeoCities team

As you know I escaped Yahoo! about a year ago, and there is no way I'd go back. I had kept some files on my free account for a long time, though. I have just downloaded them all. Let me know if I missed anything :)

Michael Jackson RIP

RIP Michael Jackson

August 29th, 1958-June 25th 2009

Revamp of Site

People have asked where are the poems and stories on my website? Nowhere. I have taken them all down. Why? There is no reason to buy a book of my stuff if I give it away for free. Also I am finding as I get older, pen and paper is more satisfying. Sucks I know, but I am more creative that way....I hope you understand..

Whats the name of the song on the Telus uptime downtime commercial?

Seen this Telus commercial called uptime/downtime?



well in case you got hooked to the song... and wanted to hear more of it, the song in the Telus ad is "Ahead of My Time" by Teddybears. Here is their video:




Lyrics to Ahead Of My Time :
Gather around,
Listen to my champion sound
Super tone,
Brand new, top of the charts
Gather around
Listen to my champion sound
Super tone,
Brand new, top of the charts
Ahead of my time, oh yeah
Ahead of my time, oh yeah
Oh yeah

Its not the lyrics its the musical hook, and cool guitar licks

Disable Yahoo Chat

I must apologize if you are trying to get me through Yahoo! Chat. Don't bother. I hate it. I keep getting asked by obvious spammers to be their friends. Actually I have gotten hundreds of requests from people I don't know. I was so fed up it's completely disabled. If you wish to disable Yahoo Chat as well, it's not hard but quite well hidden in their documentation. So here's the skinny on how to sign out of/disable Yahoo! chat:

1. Under “Chat & Mobile Text” on the left of the page, click the menu to the right of the words “I am”. This opens a pull-down menu. (as above)
2. Click Sign out of Chat.

Since Yahoo! Mail remembers your settings from session to session, you'll be signed out of chat until you change it. I can tell you I won't be enabling it any time soon!