On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 03:52:17PM -0400, ken wrote: > On 06/22/2015 02:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 02:30:00PM -0400, ken wrote: > >>On 06/22/2015 12:43 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > >>>On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:31:34AM -0400, ken wrote: > >>>>For some reason the "tech support" people at Hewlett-Packard don't > >>>>know what the default password is to access their printer's embedded > >>>>web server (EWS). I got it myself from the installation manual six > >>>>months ago and immediately set my own password which I have used > >>>>since then, so I no longer remember what the default is. (It's > >>>>really a longer story than that, but....) So I was just hoping that > >>>>someone here might know what that default password is. Mine is an > >>>>Officejet Pro 8620, but perhaps some other, recent HP printer > >>>>default password would work. (Yes, I've already tried various > >>>>versions of "admin", an empty password, and others, but just not > >>>>anything which has worked.) > >>> > >>>Judging from this thread, there may not be one. > > > >if you got it from the manual, six months ago, have you looked there > >again to find out what it is, so you could try it now? > > Fred, really? If that were an option for me, don't you think I > would have done that? You didn't mention whether you had or not, and I know that's the kind of silly mistake some people make (like, e.g., me) so I didn't see the harm in asking. the answer is probably going to turn out to be something alarmingly silly (it just has that feel to it), so what's the harm of a silly suggestion? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------