   Capture LPT1 Output
  Hi, i have been searching with no avail, how to capture or monitor the LPT1 printer port. I cannot seem to get the Platform SDK "Monitoring Communications" example to work on LPT, the sample works on COM1, COM2 etc..anyone who could help, this is quite urgent.thanksbtw. Language is C++ but i can port examples from anything! pleeeeeeaaaase?? 
  The problem with doing that on 2000 or XP systems is that windows protects the io ports with dear life. What use to be so simple in asm by doing IN/OUT under windows 9x doesn''t work unless you write a device driver that runs with ring0 permission (kernel level)A while ago I wrote some C++ class that wrapped an io.dll I found somewhere. That will give you access to the io ports since when the dll is loaded it installs a mini driver. You can check out the classes i did with the small test programs here (dll is included in the zip):http://www.kfoo.net/jb/iostuff.zipI wish i could remember where I got that DLL... but its from a while ago and didn''t keep any links to the site unfortunatly. The DLL was freely available and the author sold the source code, I do remember that much.;  Found the site with google:http://www.geekhideout.com/iodll.shtmlIf you decide to use that dll, probably a good idea to use the version on his website since its most likely a newer version than the one i included in the zip file.;  thanks  "Famous Last Words."www.unsoundminds.com/irix/