How do you have this set up? Is it over a network and Print Server or locally connected to a certain users machine? If locally, what is the OS of it and which driver are you using to install?

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P1102w uninstalls printer drivers every time it is disconnected, turned off, or goes to sleep

It is locally connected to the users machine. We are running Windows XP. I have tried the HP Laserjet full feature software and driver and the basic driver. If you turn the printer off and turn it back on a message will pop up saying that you must be an admin to install this software. The printer is still in printers but it appears offline. If I log in as an administrator and turn the printer off and turn it back on it installs just fine. If the user turns the computer off, restarts, or the computer or printer goes to sleep, or either is turned off, the user cannot reconnect to their printer because of permissions issues. It wants admin rights to install the software. The software is already installed. Its like the software is uninstalled everytime there is a disconnect between the printer and the computer. We already tried to add admin rights to the system root: %systemroot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 and C:\Program Files\HP and that did not work.

Are these roaming profiles or a fixed user on this machine? If you create a new user on this machine, does it have the same issues or is it that particular users profile that is causing the issue? Curious if you have tested the HDD or RAM in the machine in question.

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No roaming profiles. It is only profiles that have "User" permissions. (not just one user but all of them that received the newest 1102 printer) Administrator permissions do not have this problem, as they have permissions to install. ONLY technology department personnel have admin rights. All staff and students have user rights only. They do not have permission to install. That is the problem. I want to turn this feature OFF of the HP 1102w printers. Only the new 1102w printers are doing this. The last year's purchases of the 1102w do NOT have this problem.
thanks for any advice you can give us.

This smells of a driver issue still. I would contact HP via the chat support and ask them for an older version of the driver. They should be able to give you a ftp link for a download. Also, are you sure you are not using a 64 bit driver on a 32 bit OS?

How are you installing the driver? Off the disc that it came with, via a download, installing manually from the Device Manager, etc? To make sure there is no issue with the software packaged with the driver, I would try a manual install via the Device Manager and a DLed version of the driver off their website. If this is happening with every user on multiple machines, it has to be the driver not taking hold. Every printer Ive set up on a machine with restricted User rights, Ive never had an issue similar which to me leads to the driver.

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