Windows will default to the first printer it finds on startup.... so if the
default you want is on a network, it will find the local one before you have
completed the network connection.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"TVEngineer" <eric-address@att.net> wrote in message
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> XPSP2 on a Dell Optiplex 210L
> Regardless of selected printer as default, the default always returns to
> an HP470.
> How do I make it remain on the selected default printer?
> TIA
> Eric
>