I have Win 7 Pro 64-bit and there's a network MFC printer (HP 8500 A909n) which has all kinds of flash memory ports on it plus a USB port. This device is connected on the net via 802.3u (Ethernet). Oh, and Office 2010 is installed as well. 8 MB RAM on a Gigabyte 870A-UD3 mobo and AMD Phenom II X6 1075T CPU, FDD, DVD/RW. Today, I joined this PC to my SBS2003 domain and after lots of difficulty with "Private" profile stuff, I found that there's a Sync Center icon in the system tray. I didn't ask for it -- it just appeared suddenly. I opened "Computer" and found that something was in "Network Storage". It was clearly labeled as "HP OfficeJet 8500 Pro A909n" along with its IP address and drive letter ("Z:"). This is entirely new. Why is this happening? There is no media in this "drive" and it's ludicrous to presume a need to "Sync" with that drive. Is there a fix for this?

How does it work if you remove the printer from the computer and reinstall the driver? If it does not work, clear the drive Z manually and clear printing subsystem. Then reinstall the printer. To clear printing subsystem: Step 1 ====== Start Windows Explorer, and then rename all files and folders in the following two folders: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 To rename a file, we can right click the file and select Rename. Step 2 ====== 1. Click Start, type REGEDIT in the Start Search Bar, and then press ENTER. 2. Navigate to and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environment\Windows NT x86 View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys: Drivers Print Processors If there are any keys other than those listed above, follow these steps: a. On the File menu, click Export. b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type WindowsNTx86regkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop. We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environment\Windows NT x86 registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure. c. Delete all keys other than Drivers and Print Processors. Step 3 ====== Navigate to and click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors registry key. View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys: BJ Language Monitor Local Port Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor Microsoft Shared Fax Monitor Standard TCP/IP Port USB Monitor WSD Port If there are any keys other than those listed in above, follow these steps to delete them: a. On the File menu, click Export. b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type Monitorsregkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop. We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure. c. Delete all keys other than the 5 listed above.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

How does it work if you remove the printer from the computer and reinstall the driver? If it does not work, clear the drive Z manually and clear printing subsystem. Then reinstall the printer. To clear printing subsystem: Step 1 ====== Start Windows Explorer, and then rename all files and folders in the following two folders: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 To rename a file, we can right click the file and select Rename. Step 2 ====== 1. Click Start, type REGEDIT in the Start Search Bar, and then press ENTER. 2. Navigate to and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environment\Windows NT x86 View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys: Drivers Print Processors If there are any keys other than those listed above, follow these steps: a. On the File menu, click Export. b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type WindowsNTx86regkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop. We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environment\Windows NT x86 registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure. c. Delete all keys other than Drivers and Print Processors. Step 3 ====== Navigate to and click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors registry key. View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys: BJ Language Monitor Local Port Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor Microsoft Shared Fax Monitor Standard TCP/IP Port USB Monitor WSD Port If there are any keys other than those listed in above, follow these steps to delete them: a. On the File menu, click Export. b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type Monitorsregkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop. We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure. c. Delete all keys other than the 5 listed above. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” Well, I'm not really sure now because I decided to dump Office 2010. I reinstalled Office 2003, and DISABLED OFFLINE FIles. In addition to its unhandy interfaces, I was having issues with Outlook 2010's refusal to save POP mail in my exchange mailbox so I decided to revert back to 2003. I have no intention of getting involved in "tha cloud" anyway so I really didn't need Office 2010. I was only giving Office 2010 a "test drive" anyway; it doesn't seem to offer any features that I really need so reverting to Office 2003 is no loss. Since this is not a portable system, I could see no reason to enable OFFLINE Files in any event so I disabled OFFLINE Files. So, from my perspective, this would seem to be a viable solution. Thanks for your suggestion.