HP LaserJet M110w
HP LaserJet M110w
And now I find I have to create an account with #HPSmart to be able to print a document on a #HPPrinter from an #AndroidPhone.
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This would have been a 2 minute job on the desktop - including 90 seconds of walking.
Turned my PC on today and was asked to install HP Smart after a very slow startup. I don't have any HP printers because they make me cry. This issues was, according to Microsoft, resolved last year. Nope.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-23h2#3218msgdesc
Edit: Ran the tool, although it refers to Windows 11, it's an issues that's hit Windows 10 as well, to hopefully banish HP. Until next time....
LOL, a month ago @arstechnica reported windows was auto-installing "HP Smart" on PCs without HP printers (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/hp-printer-app-is-installing-on-pcs-whether-they-have-hp-printers-or-not/)
Still happening, *today*
Bonus, despite denying permission to "make changes to this device" at boot, it still gets permission to use the camera
(I'm sure this is all plain vanilla incompetence, but one could definitely come up with a story involving malice)
Ende November hatte die Meldung die Runde gemacht, dass sich die HP Smart-App ohne Zustimmung der Nutzer auf Windows 10- und Windows 11-Systemen automatisch installiert. Zunächst suchte man die Schuld bei HP, doch jetzt hat sich Microsoft dazu geäußert.
Software, die Hersteller von sich aus auf den Geräten installieren, ist ein bei Nutzern ungeliebtes Thema. Wenn Anwendungen vorinstalliert sind, ist das eine Sache, wenn diese nachträglich aufgespielt werden, eine andere. Das ist nun bei Windows 10 und Windows 11 der Fall.
Recently I had to buy a new printer, and I didn’t have time to do any real research on what I wanted, so I bought one of HP’s low-budget all-in-ones, the HP DeskJet 3755. Currently this printer is selling for less than $100. Setting this printer up on WiFi has been more complicated than I … Continue reading "Setting up an HP Printer in HP Smart on WiFi with Dual Band Networks"