Two problems after Carbon Copy Cloner use

After replacing a dead hard drive in my MacBook Pro. I used CCCloner to copy the hard drive from my iMac to the macbook. Everything is great with two exceptions.
1) I can no longer print to my shared printer over WiFi. The printer is hardwired to the iMac via USB.
2) When trying to download shareware, freeware or a purchased game (snood), the download window opens in a new tab and NEVER starts. Downloads from other sites i. e. ezShare, megaupload etc. work flawlessly.
Any help would be great.

After replacing a dead hard drive in my MacBook Pro. I used CCCloner to copy the hard drive from my iMac to the macbook.
You have 3 computers listed in your computer information, including a Macbook. So after replacing the hard drive in your MBP you used CCC to copy the iMac's drive to the Macbook, or the Macbook Pro?
Strictly speaking one shouldn't clone the system from one model computer to a different model because of possible incompatibilities, but I think most people get away with it.
Did you verify the hard drive with Disk Utility's first aid before doing the cloning? Did you repair permissions?
2) When trying to download shareware, freeware or a purchased game (snood), the download window opens in a new tab and NEVER starts. Downloads from other sites i. e. ezShare, megaupload etc. work flawlessly.
What are you using to download? From what site? It seems to work with some sites from what you say. Are you using any plugins?

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