problem ocurred during Parallel port test on WINPE system

[dmoonbird]

We have a problem that parallel port not worked.
The paralllel port is detected and showed in the System Information, and in test perferences, the parallel port showed "LPT1". But when I run the test, it showed “could not detect the parallel port selected” “could not detect the parallel port selected”, do you know what's the problem? Thanks.

[Ian (PassMark)]

If you want to test parallel ports on WinPE you need to ensure the parallel port service is started and install the drivers. For example:

winpeshl.ini

[LaunchApps]
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\System32\wpeinit.exe
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\System32\net", "start parport"
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\devcon.exe", "install x:\windows\inf\msports.inf ACPI\PNP0401"
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\devcon.exe", "restart *PNP0401"
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\BurnInTest\bit.exe", "-h -x"


Startnet.cmd

wpeinit
net start parport
devcon install x:\windows\inf\msports.inf ACPI\PNP0401
devcon restart *PNP0401
"x:\Program Files\burnintest\bit.exe" –h –x

*devcon will need to be downloaded from Microsoft and included in the WinPE build in the Windows directory.

Please see:http://www.passmark.com/ftp/BIT_WinPE.pdf