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Epson Workforce 630: Troubleshooting wireless printing issue with Windows 7

1. Load your printer at least 5 sheets of plain paper.
2. Press the Home button on the printer control panel to return to the Home Menu, then using the right or left arrow buttons select Setup.
3. Use the down arrow button to select Network Settings, then press OK.
4. Use the down arrow button to select Confirm Network Settings, then press OK.
5. Press the Start Color and B&W buttons to print Network Status Sheet.
6. Press Back button three times.
7. Check the Printer IP address on the printed Network Status Sheet.
8. Get the IPv4 address of your computer by following the steps below.

• Click on Start > Search Program and files.
• In the open box type CMD then press Enter.
• In the resulting window beside the command prompt, please type IPCONFIG and you will see the following information.

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::c0a:f4ff:7d14:45f1%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

1. Compare the IP address of your printer and computer. Make sure that they are in the same Gateway.

Example:
Printer's IP address: 192.168.1.102
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Computer IPv4 address: 192.168.1.5
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
If the Printer's IP address is 0.0.0.0, the DHCP is not providing the proper IP address to the printer. Contact support for the router or access point for assistance.
If the computer has different gateway, please contact the one who setup your network or your router manufacturer to check your network connection.
If the computer has same gateway, please ping the IP address of your printer. To ping the IP address of your printer please follow the steps below.

1. Click on Start > Start Search.
2. In the open box type CMD then press Enter.
3. In the resulting window beside the command prompt, please type ping follow up by the Printer's IP address then press the Enter Key.

Example: C:\> ping 192.168.1.102
If ping result is Request time out or Destination Host unreachable, please ping the gateway or router IP address. Upon pinging the gateway or router IP address and still giving you the same result. Please contact the one who setup your network or your router manufacturer to check your network connection.
If ping result is packets: sent = 4, received =4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), please follow the steps below to readd the EpsonNet print port of your printer.

1. In your computer click on Start > Devices and Printers
2. Under Printers and Faxes, right click on your printer icon then click on Delete.
3. Click on Microsoft XPS document writer icon then click on Print Server Properties.
4. Click on Ports tab.
5. Look for EpsonNet Print port that indicate the IP address of your printer. Select it then click on Delete Port.
6. Click on OK.
7. Click Add Printer then click Next.
8. Select Local Printer attached to this computer and unchecked Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer then click Next.
9. Click Create a new port and on Type of Port select EpsonNet Print Port.

• If you see your printer select your printer, then click Next. Wait until the EpsonNet print port is configured, then click Finish when it's done.
• If you don't see your printer, select Manual Setting then click Next. Enter the IP address of your printer then click Next . Wait until the EpsonNet print port is configured, then click Finish when it's done.

1. Under manufacture select Epson and under printer select your printer then click Next.
2. Select default Printer then click Next.
3. Select do not Share this printer then click Next.
4. Select Yes to print a test page then click Next.
5. Click Finish.

Today tip will help you to make your own Run Command (program shortcut) to run a program or a document directly. No more need to navigate the location of a program or document to run it, simply click on Start button to open Run box and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.
Follow the given steps to disable the save settings functionality for desktop:
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

• Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App paths
• Now right click on App Paths and select New > Key, title the key and name it whatever you want your run command to be. In this case, we will try to create a run command for SecueCRT application.
• New > Key > SecureCRT.exe
• Now select the SecureCRT.exe folder and click right on (Default) string value then click Modify at the right hand side panel.
• Here enter the path of the program that you want to execute in the value data field. In our case, the path of SecueCRT application will be C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT \SecureCRT.exe.
• Now again in right side panel, click right to create a new String value with the name SecureCRT and its values as C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT\SecureCRT.exe
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Let's say you totally forgot the password to log on to your Mac. Or maybe you purchased a used Mac from someone else and they've got it locked down. There are numerous ways to reset a password with no OS X discs

Reset 10.5 Leopard & 10.6 Snow Leopard password

1. Power on or restart your Mac.
2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
3. This step is optional, but it's a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
4. Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
5. Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist and press Enter.
6. Type ls /Users and press Enter. This lists all of the usernames on the computer - helpful if you don't know or remember what these are.
7. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password and replace "username" with one of the users displayed in the previous step. Replace "password" with a new password of your choice. Press Enter.
8. Type reboot and press Enter.

Reset 10.4 Tiger password

1. Power on or restart your Mac.
2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
3. Type sh /etc/rc and press Enter/Return.
4. Type passwd username and replace "username" with the short name of the user account for which you'd like to reset the password.
5. Type your desired password and press Enter. It won't show itself on the screen, so be careful what you type. You will most likely have to enter it again to confirm.
6. Type reboot and press Enter

Tricking your Mac into creating a new user account

1. Power on or restart your Mac (should work for any Mac OS X system).
2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
3. This step is optional, but it's a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
4. Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
5. Type rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and press Enter.
6. Type shutdown -h now and press Enter.

The third method of resetting your Mac's password requires some additional explanation. Rather than simply changing the password like the previous two methods do, this one fools the operating system into believing it has never been started before. This means when you restart the machine, it will take you through the entire setup & registration process all over again. Do not worry, all of your pre-existing data is still available. Just continue with this process and do not choose the option to transfer or migrate information to the Mac.
Once you're done, log in with your new admin account and go to System Preferences > Accounts. You may have to click on the lock icon in the lower-left corner before making changes here. You should see your original user account(s) in the left column. Try clicking on one of them to convert it to a standard user account (uncheck "Allow user to administer this computer") and change the password. You should be able to successfully log in to that account now and access all of your files and programs. If you want, you can log back in with your new admin account and re-check the "Allow user to administer this computer" option in System Preferences to grant admin privileges to the original user again.
That should cover it! As always, remember messing with single-user mode and Terminal is risky and may lead to trouble if you make mistakes. Considering you're already locked out of the computer, though, you'll probably be willing to take your chances at this point.
One last thing... if you have a Keychain Access password, you will probably need to reset that as well. You can do this by selecting "login" under Keychains on the left and choosing Delete from the Edit menu. You'll lose everything in the Keychain, but you'll now be able to start fresh and add new ones.