Strange but true... she physically removes my printer cable from my PC and connects it to hers (which would be okay with me if she would reconnect it to my PC when she is finished). I have asked her repeatedly not to leave me stranded like this but I believe she takes advantage of my printer as I am not always in the office but work remotely but I still need to be able to print so when I come into the office my documents will be waiting for me. This printer was not purchased by her group and we have the same supervisor so I don't want to cause a scene but would love to have a way to prevent her from being able to hi-jack my printer. Does anyone know of a way that I can prevent this from happening (besides supergluing my cable to my PC). Surely there is a way this can be done internally via software. My printer is a HP LJ4250tn (which has network capability but I do not want to network it as it would cause me even more trouble since it is in my office) (which I unfortunately share with her). Sorry to babble... I'm just frustrated and want to keep friction to a minimal level. She needs to print down the hall to the network printer but she is simply too lazy to walk down the hall. My system is Windows XP Professional. Thanks in advance. Bonnie
"Bonnie" wrote in message news:5E7E559B-B789-479E-A15C-8A5893A02E45@microsoft.com... > Strange but true... she physically removes my printer cable from my PC and > connects it to hers (which would be okay with me if she would reconnect it > to > my PC when she is finished). I have asked her repeatedly not to leave me > stranded like this but I believe she takes advantage of my printer as I am > not always in the office but work remotely but I still need to be able to > print so when I come into the office my documents will be waiting for me. > This printer was not purchased by her group and we have the same > supervisor > so I don't want to cause a scene but would love to have a way to prevent > her > from being able to hi-jack my printer. Does anyone know of a way that I > can > prevent this from happening (besides supergluing my cable to my PC). > Surely > there is a way this can be done internally via software. My printer is a > HP > LJ4250tn (which has network capability but I do not want to network it as > it > would cause me even more trouble since it is in my office) (which I > unfortunately share with her). Sorry to babble... I'm just frustrated and > want to keep friction to a minimal level. She needs to print down the > hall > to the network printer but she is simply too lazy to walk down the hall. > My > system is Windows XP Professional. > > Thanks in advance. > Bonnie Creative use of a two-by-four comes to mind ;) Seriously, you're out of luck. Once the data cable is disconnected from your PC, you have no way to issue instructions to "disable" the printer.
