I'm wondering if you've ever found a solution to your docking problem. I have the exact same problem with my Latitude D600. If you delete the current hardware profile the problem will go away, but it will return someday. Also, disabling the printer port in the hardware profile does not alleviate the problem for me, either. Your article was the first I've seen mentioned of the problem, and Dell tech support is as horrible as it always is (please send me another form letter, Dell, as if I didn't know!).
I am no further forward with this problem & have no ideas to try. The workaround of disabling the ECP port has worked reliably & since I don't currently connect anything to the parallel port (I use a LAN or WiFi to access printers) this is not a problem at the moment.
I havn't tried deleting the hardware profile - I might try this.
I intend to post this problem on the Windows site which probably attracts a different audience in case this throws up anything - I am curious that no one else has reported this problem - that suggests to me that the source might be a hardware quality issue with the docking station?.
I am also having the same problem with my D600. Fresh windows XP Pro install. Can't undock. It has never done this before, and disabling the LPT port doesn't work.
Aagh! This same thing started happening to my D600 yesterday. Prior to that I had no issues with undocking. There has to be a way to find the offending program and shut it down. Anyone know of a way to list the resources used by running programs?
Not sure if it would matter much. I've tried killing off every single non-critical process only to have Windows still tell me that something is using the printer port. Perhaps it is actually a system process that is doing something? I don't know, but as of yet I still cannot determine a pattern as to when this problem crops up (i.e. what processes are running, what devices are connected, how the planets are aligned, etc.)
Still searching... will certainly let y'all know if I find anything...
Anyone have luck resolving this? I just got a port replicator for my Inspiron 8600 and I've had this problem since I started using it a few days ago. Very annoying. Running windows xp here
Sadly, I've still not solved the problem, however for some reason it hasn't been creeping up as much lately. I can't think of anything I'm doing differently. The only pattern I can discern is that it usually happens when I'm running late and need to undock IMMEDIATELY...
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mjcramer
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February 16th, 2004 16:00
Hi,
I'm wondering if you've ever found a solution to your docking problem. I have the exact same problem with my Latitude D600. If you delete the current hardware profile the problem will go away, but it will return someday. Also, disabling the printer port in the hardware profile does not alleviate the problem for me, either. Your article was the first I've seen mentioned of the problem, and Dell tech support is as horrible as it always is (please send me another form letter, Dell, as if I didn't know!).
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February 18th, 2004 17:00
I am no further forward with this problem & have no ideas to try. The workaround of disabling the ECP port has worked reliably & since I don't currently connect anything to the parallel port (I use a LAN or WiFi to access printers) this is not a problem at the moment.
I havn't tried deleting the hardware profile - I might try this.
I intend to post this problem on the Windows site which probably attracts a different audience in case this throws up anything - I am curious that no one else has reported this problem - that suggests to me that the source might be a hardware quality issue with the docking station?.
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mjcramer
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March 3rd, 2004 15:00
Not sure if it would matter much. I've tried killing off every single non-critical process only to have Windows still tell me that something is using the printer port. Perhaps it is actually a system process that is doing something? I don't know, but as of yet I still cannot determine a pattern as to when this problem crops up (i.e. what processes are running, what devices are connected, how the planets are aligned, etc.)
Still searching... will certainly let y'all know if I find anything...
-m
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