Question:

I have a Lava Parallel PCI card that installs correctly but when 
I look at it through Device Manager there is no LPT assigned to it. 
I am trying to install a Printer to it and it is not showing up in 
the Details for the Printer. What should I do?

Answer:
The solution at the moment is a direct manipulation of the registry. 
The following shows how our portion of the registry looks 
when it is correctly installed.

To edit the registry go to Start|Run and type:

  regedit

and then Click Ok.

Look in this portion of the registry:

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\PCI\VEN_1407&DEV_8000\BUS_00&DEV_0A&FUNC_00]

Append (LPT2) to the end of this string value:

  "DeviceDesc"="Lava Parallel PCI (LPT2)"

The following strings and values are to be left alone:

  "HWRevision"="000"
  "CompatibleIDs"="PCI\CC_070101,PCI\CC_0701"
  "HardwareID"="PCI\VEN_1407&DEV_8000&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00,PCI\VEN_1407&DEV_8000&SUBSYS_00000000,
   PCI\VEN_1407&DEV_8000&REV_00,PCI\VEN_1407&DEV_8000"
  "Class"="Ports"
  "Driver"="Ports\0008"
  "Mfg"="Lava Computer MFG Inc."
  "ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

Add the following string values by going to the Edit Menu and then 
enter New then String Value. To the left of the equal sign is the 
Name of the String.  To the right of the equal sign is the value. 
The value and name are case sensitive. To edit the string value 
double click the ab icon to the left of the name.

  "PORTNAME"="LPT2"
  "FRIENDLYNAME"="Lava Parallel PCI (LPT2)"