Check your BIOS? Might be disabled in there. Reboot and tap the F2 key while the Dell logo is on screen. (That's for WinME on my comp anyways)

Mister Bill

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I would much rather be thought ignorant than stupid,
Ignorance is curable,
if you don't know something you can always learn it.
Stupidity is fatal,
if you're stupid you won't even realize it!
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Thanks for replying. I tried to get Bios to come up using F2 key and this didn't work, even though it say's at the top right corner of my screen F2 for Setup. I also went into help and it say's to use the Delete key but this didn't work either. ???

Check this post for more BIOS info

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/message_view.asp?name=dim_other&id=zwkby&bandwidth=fra

Mister Bill

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I would much rather be thought ignorant than stupid,
Ignorance is curable,
if you don't know something you can always learn it.
Stupidity is fatal,
if you're stupid you won't even realize it!
~Anonymous

When you get into your BIOS you might want to check not only if the parallel port is disabled, but the mode it is in. The software probably needs the parallel port to be in a specific mode. The four choices you probably have Output Only, Bi-Directional, ECP, and EPP. Either try each one one at a time or check the manual for the software and see if it specify which mode.

dan

Dell Dimension XPS-T500 ---> PIII 1 Ghz
0TA6L
Windows Me
256MB ECC Ram
Bios: A10
Promise ATA/100 Card
45 GB Maxtor
4.1 GB Seagate
Zip 250 internal
Sony CD-RW CRX140E
Toshiba DVD SD-M1212
Cinemaster DVD decoder card
Turtle Beach Montego II Sound
Nvidia 770 ultra viper
3com 3C905B-TX NIC
3com USB ext. 56K voice Faxmodem Pro
3com Cable modem
Belkin 7 port USB hub
Sony CPD-200GS 17" monitor
HP 895Cxi Printer
Visioneer One Touch Scanner

Thanks for your help, that worked! It was getting pretty frustrating.