Problem connecting LaserJet 5L to new HP Pavillion laptop

Are you using the heaphones jack? The new HP is a laptop? Open Sounds in Control Panel. select headphones.

Connect your Lenovo to the ECB with a standard Ethernet cable. Assure yourself that it can talk to the internet in this configuration. If it works, it will rule out DNS and DHCP issues and will point to a wireless-only issue.
Temporarily turn off encryption on your router and see if your Lenovo can connect. If it does, turn on WEP encryption only. If that also works, go back to WPA. Wherever the process breaks down, it will tell you where your problem lies.

connect an external monitor and see if you get display,if ok laptop screen defective, check your warranty,if still under warranty send it in for repairs.

Considering the specs:
Pavillion zt1170:
Intel Mobile Pentium III-M processor (starting at 933 MHz) with SpeedStep technology. –or– Intel Celeron processor (starting at 866 MHz).
Inspiron 1545:
A minimum of an Intel® PentiumTM Dual Core

There is no comparison between the computers,.. Keep the dell and work out the issues or sell it and use the cash towards an inexpensive new unit.
I hope this helps

See if you can go into safe mode by hitting the F8 key right after the dell splash screen and right before the XP splash screen comes up. If you can get into safe mode try to uninstall the rangeplus adapter and try reinstalling again after rebooting the system normally.

go to > control panel >network connections > in left hand pane.under Network Tasks..click..Create A New Connection... that will start a wizard and will guide you thru the process. you will also need to install the drivers as well for his computer to be able to use the modem/router.
i hope this has helped

On the desktop machine - go to the printers folder, right click the icon for the Laserjet and choose sharing (enable print sharing). You should be able to name the printer and make it accessible to anyone within the workgroup. If needed you can run the network setup wizard to change the workgroup names on both machines.

On the laptop go to add new printer and choose network printer, you should be able to browse to the desktop machine by name and choose the Laserjet as a printer (whether you want it to be the default is up to you). The laptop will download and install the drivers from the desktop pc to the laptop and set the correct network path automatically.

It goes without saying that the desktop machine must be on in order to print from the laptop in this scenario.

Yes. Your product is supported. Drivers for HP printers are included with the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System
HP has a Windows Vista driver solution available for your product. This driver will enable your product's basic functions to work. HP is committed to providing the best experience for HP products in the Windows Vista operating environment. You can conveniently find this driver in your Windows Vista operating system, today. At this time the driver will only be available on the Windows Vista operating system through the “Add a Printer�? wizard there is an alternative for this

remove all the drivers from add and remove program then
click start, then "run" type regedit, hit enter Registry Editor will open up.
Make backup of you registry, then on left side drill down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
and check if you have "USB Monitor" key defined - If yes, you have different problem, this will not solve your problem. If not - right click on "Monitors" then click on new/key and name new key "USB Monitor" and then open this new key and on right side of the Registry editor under the (Default) right click select New - String Value this will create REG_SZ type value and name it "Driver" then double click to open it and in value data type "usbmon.dll"
Do the same thing to "Local Port" and "Standard TCP/IP Port" keys if you don't have them under Monitors key but you have them listed under AutorunsDisabled key. Then close registry editor, and restart, go to add printer/ local printer

well..you may find that driver here, though

You need to completely remove all drivers pertaining to this printer. Reboot your computer after removing them and then reinstall the latest driver according to the directions for it.