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Just 2 computers in our workgroup (still works under windows 10).
We have a HP 1102w installed on one computer on a USB port. This works fine from that computer, connected using a USB cable.
An annoyance in Windows 7 was that I had to unpause the printer on the other computer after each reboot to allow printing to occur. Now we are on Windows 10, the Pause Printing option is checked, and greyed out.
I have tried:
We have a HP 1102w installed on one computer on a USB port. This works fine from that computer, connected using a USB cable.
An annoyance in Windows 7 was that I had to unpause the printer on the other computer after each reboot to allow printing to occur. Now we are on Windows 10, the Pause Printing option is checked, and greyed out.
I have tried:
- Uninstall/reinstall
- checked permissions (Everyone can manage)
- Drivers from HP (useless - they won't install a shared printer)
- forced reinstall by using network browse to locate printer
Drive share still works, and i can also access the admin shares (C$, D$, etc)
Any other steps to try?
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Try Below Steps:
- Open Device Manager, uninstall the printer drivers
- Shut down computer and Unplug the printer
- Start the computer and then plug in the printer
- Run Windows Update, because often times those drivers are managed byWindows Update
- During Windows Updates the driver may be found and re-installed.
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Your networking seems ok, as you can connect to the shared drives. So I would check permissions again.
Unpause A Printer Windows 10
To pause or resume printing all documents: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776043%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
A check mark appears next to Pause Printing when the printer is paused.
Consistent with legacy behaviour.
Any setting or option being greyed out though, would lead me to review the permissions aspect again. Have you considered all permissions, including for example, group and local policies or user access control.
Assigning printer permissions: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773372%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
By default, the Manage Printers permission is assigned to members of the Administrators and Power Users groups.
Printer Paused Windows 10
Carefully going through the page linked immediately above, may help to trouble shoot the policies and network relationship permissions.
Also see: Group Policy and printing: further down the menu on the Assigning printer permissions link (above).
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Windows 10 has a lot of changes and one of them is how Windows downloads and installs the Windows updates. In Windows 7 you can control when Windows can download and install the updates. In fact, you can even disable Windows updates completely. However, in Windows 10 the choice for you is pretty limited. You cannot control when Windows 10 will download the updates, but you can make Windows 10 install those updates outside of the active hours. Of course, this makes sure that all the users are up to date, and Microsoft doesn’t have to worry about releasing major updates or features.
Typically, Windows updates range anywhere from a few megabytes to a few hundred megabytes. If you have a decent Internet connection then downloading these updates is not a problem. However, if you have a poor or limited Internet connection, downloading these updates can be a hassle. Windows tends to take up all the speed, and your general browsing experience will be degraded. To make things worse, there is no straightforward option to temporarily pause the downloads like in Windows 7.
So, if you are ever in a pinch, here is how you can forcefully pause a Windows update in Windows 10.
Pause Windows Updates in Windows 10
As I said before, there is no straightforward way but there is a hack to pause Windows update downloads. All you have to do is stop all the Windows update services and then restart them when you are ready to download the updates.
Typically, you can stop those services from the Services tool in Windows 10. However, you can make things easier by using Command Prompt. To start, press “Win + X,” then select the option “Command Prompt (Admin).”
The above action will open the command prompt in admin mode. The first thing we need to do is stop the Windows Update service. To do that execute the below command.
Now, stop the “Background Intelligent Transfer” service using the below command.
Next, stop the “Delivery Optimization” service using the below command.
The above commands will temporarily pause the Windows update downloads.
If you are ready to resume the download, simply execute the below commands one after the other.
If you do this way too often, then you can just create a simple batch script to automate most of the process. To do that, create a new text document, copy and paste the below code into it, and the save the file with the “.bat” extension. In my case, I’ve saved the file as “stopwuservice.bat.”
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With the above action, the commands will be executed one by one. This script is not the most elegant one, but it does get the job done.
To resume the services, create another batch script with the below commands, and then run it as administrator.
That’s all there is to do. It is that simple to pause and resume Windows update downloads in Windows 10.
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