If print drivers are a major cause of crashes, would it help to let WinXP
load the driver instead of using Hp's?
Would it matter?


"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Lots of crashes in Office are caused by printer drivers.

I think I read a statistic from MS that said that 60% or 70% of all
windows
crashes are caused by printer drivers. (But don't quote me on that. It's
been
a long time since I saw it.)

"L.S." wrote:

Have posted on the HP forum.
Will just open programs needed before copying/pasting.

Know the printer is causing the problem but not sure if it's a glich in
the
print driver or Office.

Thanks,

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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I'd contact HP and let them know that their driver as a problem.

In the meantime, I'd change my default printer to something else and
then
only
change the printer back to the HP when I really wanted to print.

"L.S." wrote:

WinXp(home), Office 2k. all updates
(Moved this from public.office.misc)

Replaced a HP-722 with a USB HP-5440 and the problem started.
When I open an Excel sheet, copy one cell and then try and open
Word/Outlook, Excel crashes and closes. Get the msg "MS Excel has
encountered a problem and has to close. We're sorry----." Then gives
option
to send report or not.

I've narrowed it down to the printer by changing default printer away
from
the 5440 and problem goes away. Reset default printer and problem
comes
back.
I've Googled the heck out of this and found other with same problem
but
not
a fix.
I have all updates for both HP and Office.

Does anyone know of a fix?

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson