HP Deskjet F380 Problems

Situation: HP F380 attached locally via USB to a Debian Etch machine with HPLIP for printing

Problem: Printing does not start due to "Device communication error" 5012 OR it prints an empty page!

Solution: Add the current user to the group lp with adduser USER lp

Idea taken from: Error 5012

Windows Activation (sucks ass)

Setup: Windows XP SP2 fresh install
Problem: During Internet activation: Windows activation cannot be completed at this time.
Solution: Download and seperately install Windows XP SP 3