Saturday, June 11, 2011

How to add a startup process on Windows (example: task manager)

If you want a program to run automatically when you turn on your pc you have to follow these steps:

(I explain it through the example of task manager)


  • rightclick Start - Programs - Startup (italian: Start - Tutti i programmi - Esecuzione automatica) and select Open
  • rightclick on the folder and select New - Shortcut (italian: Nuovo - Collegamento)
  • insert the path of the executable file of the desired process (e.g. C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe )
  • rightclick on your new shortcut and choose Properties if you want, for example, to run the program minimized to tray or if you want a normal window to open

Sunday, June 5, 2011

provisional solution for /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed



Since a few weeks I get this error when i try to print any document with my HP printer:


/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed


I spent hours googling for a solution, but none of the ones i found seems to work for me.
Then accidentally I did the following steps, and my printer started to work.
I don't know if it was by chance, or why it works, but if you haven't found a solution yet maybe you can try this one too:


  • turn off and then again on your printer
  • print the document
  • you should get a notification that the document has been printed, but the printer didn't move and the document is still in the print queue
  • go to the print queue and refresh job list (the blue curved arrow)
  • your doc should be held for about 5 minutes
  • turn off your printer and wait until the document will not be held, its status should become "pending"
  • turn on the printer; the doc should be printed

I hope it works for those who haven't found a solution for weeks..

let me know!


P.s.: obviuosly this is a provisional solution, it doesn't solve the problem..