ok i am trying to do the first step of running cmd and typing the commands and it keeps saying "destination is not a directory after i press enter on the first command. I am typing it exactly how it says to, what is going on?
Go to the printer's manufacturer's website and download the latest driver for the printer. Windows is a 32bit system, and doesn't do a good job with 16bit programs. Get the latest driver, hope it is 32bit, and good luck on the essay.
okay i downloaded the drivers and unzipped them but then i double clicked the setup and got the same error i did with my printer. urgh this is stressful, i dont know what to do.
do u have to leave the exact space in the commands u have to type in those steps? the ones where u use notepad? and all those files I paste over are in the windows/ system32 folder right?
so i just paste on system32 i guess, but i still need to know where the command.com file and if it is the one i copied labeled just Command in system32 folder than i should have done the steps right.
Windows likes to hide the file extensions from the user. To see all file extension you need to make a change in folder options on the View tab. Uncheck "Hide extensions of known file types", then hit the button at the top of the window that says "Apply to all folders". Then click OK and or Apply then OK.
Other than that I really can't help you. I have not been following this thread and have no suggestions. If it was me I would of wiped/formatted the hard drive by now and reinstalled the operating system and all my programs.
I have a feeling your problem will not be easily solved.
okay i typed out each thing in the notepad exactly how it is in that link. I cannot find the %systemroot% folder under the system32 folder, and im not sure if i copied the "command.com" file, i just copied one in the system32 folder labeled command and thats it. I pasted everything on the system 32 folder because I dont know where the %systemroot% folder is, and it didnt work obviously. Where is this folder and file located? I am running out of time, thanks again for helping if u can. I am in a real dilemma because I dont have a floppy disk drive to save my essay and my burner isnt working either, so i really hope i can get this working.
%systemroot% is Windows NTFS way of saying "The drive and directory/folder where Windows is installed". In other word %systemroot% is C:\Windows\XXXXXXX
I could go on and on about how drive letters really mean nothing in a NTFS files system but I won't.
I think the real problem is you have some type of virus, spyware, malware or been hijacked, and or all of the above. Dell will not fix these types of problems. That is up to you. I'll reread the thread and see if I can come up with something but it might end up as a format of the hard drive and a reinstall of the software.
If you called Dell that is what they would have you do first.
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Windows likes to hide the file extensions from the user. To see all file extension you need to make a change in folder options on the View tab. Uncheck "Hide extensions of known file types", then hit the button at the top of the window that says "Apply to all folders". Then click OK and or Apply then OK.
Other than that I really can't help you. I have not been following this thread and have no suggestions. If it was me I would of wiped/formatted the hard drive by now and reinstalled the operating system and all my programs.
I have a feeling your problem will not be easily solved.
Good luck.
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%systemroot% is Windows NTFS way of saying "The drive and directory/folder where Windows is installed". In other word %systemroot% is C:\Windows\XXXXXXX
I could go on and on about how drive letters really mean nothing in a NTFS files system but I won't.
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You could try a "Repair Install" of the operating system.
Go to this link for instructions.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/4463
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I think the real problem is you have some type of virus, spyware, malware or been hijacked, and or all of the above. Dell will not fix these types of problems. That is up to you. I'll reread the thread and see if I can come up with something but it might end up as a format of the hard drive and a reinstall of the software.
If you called Dell that is what they would have you do first.
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