I have no idea how to do any of what you posted above, but the FTer who's visiting on the 24th will & until then I can use the old laptop for printing if I need to. Most of my files are on that one anyway.

I had the computer off, plugged in the P/USB adapter to both the laptop & the printer. When I power up the laptop it tells me Sharp 1000 series printer & the software driver needs to installed. That implies to me that it's recognized the adapter. When I click on install the software driver, a few seconds later it tells me that the software install didn't go through. When I click on details, it says Sharp printer & user cancelled. Of course I didn't cancel anything.

In looking at the documentation that came w/ the adapter, it has instructions for Windows 98SE/ME & 2000/XP. Documentation was printed in '04.

Also, you mentioned that the AVG software is free, but I found 2 paid versions (as mentioned in my post above yours). Was I not looking in the right place? The cost isn't much so I don't mind paying, but don't know which version to go w/.

Cheers.

Edited to add: I tried the adapter again & this time the laptop asked me to insert the CD & then told me install failed & to check w/ the manufacturer - I don't know if that means Sharp printer/copier or ioGear?

Also, another FTer emailed me the link to the free anti-virus software, so I'm going to download that next.