The status monitor on the HP® Laserjet® 4 and Brother® 600 and 700 series printers, constantly monitors the parallel port of the computer and may display printer parameters and error messages. This may conflict with the Iomega® drive. Disabling the status monitor will not affect printing. The status monitor can usually be removed automatically with the following steps:

1. Click Start then select Run.
   
   
2. In the Open box, type C:\windows\dinstall -fdinstall.ins
   
   
3. Click OK.
   
   
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
   
   
5. Restart your computer.
   
   

If necessary, the status monitor can be removed manually by using the following steps:

1. Click Start and select Run.
   
   
2. In the Open box, type sysedit.
   
   
3. Click the WIN.INI window to make it active.
   
   
4. Locate the line that reads Load=HPSW.EXE.
   
   
5. Place two semicolons (;;) at the beginning of the line.
   
   
6. Click File, then Exit and Yes to save the changes.
   
   
7. Restart your computer.
   
   

To re-enable the status monitor, remove the semi-colons. Your Iomega parallel port drive and printer should now function properly together.