HP 670 and Mac OS 9; MacIP and Ethernet; Strata 3D install glitch; more

HP 670 and Mac OS 9: no go Michael Kennedy was unable to print to his HP 670C when running Mac OS 9. HP confirmed this and advises not using Mac OS 9 until an update to the printer is released. Based on a MacFixIt Forums thread posting, the problem appears to extend to the HP 697 as well. Update: Roman Kravec suggests trying the "generic HP driver from PowerPrint v. 4.0." Substituting this for an older version of the HP driver solved his problem with using an HP 870 connected to his PowerBook. He adds that updating to the latest version of the 870 driver also worked, but he had some problems with getting the update to install, as the updater only recognized Mac OS 9.0 and he was using Mac OS 9.0.2. MacIP and Ethernet Apple TIL article #31211 notes: "MacIP does not work through LocalTalk in Mac OS 9. You can use MacIP if you connect to the Mac IP gateway through Ethernet." Strata 3D install error explained Stephen Giles found that, "when you launch the Strata 3D installer, you must have the Network Setup Extension enabled or else you will get an error message stating that 'The application Strata 3D could not be opened because CfgOpenTpt could not be found.'" Microsoft Component Library hassles It appears that there is a version problem with Microsoft Component Library, as installed by Microsoft Office vs. Internet Explorer 5, that is similar to the problem previously described for Office and Photoshop. In particular, David Slattery found that Office installs Microsoft Component Library v2.24 but Explorer wants version 2.22. One problem is that Word may crash when using 2.22. One work-around is to have the 2.24 version placed in the Microsoft Office folder (at the same level as the Word application) and allow the 2.22 version to reside in the Extensions Folder. [However, we only have 2.24 installed on our drive and have not seen any problems associated with it. So this work-around may not be needed in all cases.] Macintosh Manager bug remains Steven Massey informs us that the Appearance settings bug in Macintosh Manager 1.2.4, that he reported last March, has not been fixed in Macintosh Manager 1.3. Update: David Gatt replies: "Macintosh Manager does allow users to save their own personal desktop pictures. All you need do is place a copy of the Desktop Pictures Preferences and Display Preferences files in the Preserved Preferences folder situated in the Managed Preferences folder. Allow your users to have access to the Appearance control panel and that's it."