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April 13th 08, 06:01 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says
the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob 
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April 14th 08, 04:53 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
What is the model and model number of your HP printer?
-- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 15th 08, 02:47 AM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
Who supplied the OEM version of Vista? Was it Pre-installed?
If so, you will likely need to contact the OEM for the computer directly. Actually this is an old issue that has occurred over several windows versions. For instance, at one time a popular OEM mfr only included drivers for it's own branded devices. In most cases, this was considered a violation of the license agreement, unless the OEM was a very high volume mfr. Then the rules went out the window. "RobB" wrote in message ... My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 15th 08, 05:14 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
All the print driver files should reside under
\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository all the prn??001.inf_######## contain the inf and the dlls required 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnao001.inf_e323fc2d 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnbr001.inf_d6fed16b 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnca001.inf_c4b22fbd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnci001.inf_2d8ec5b5 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndc001.inf_ab71723c 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndl001.inf_21699af3 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnep001.inf_226002f0 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfu001.inf_3071fdac 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfx001.inf_57c4b5e9 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnge001.inf_2b40eebd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prngt001.inf_efde87ee 02/16/2008 03:59 PM DIR prnhp001.inf_2db1d33e -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 19th 08, 08:58 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
Thanks Alan. I opened up the prnhp001 folder, then the .inf file and did a
search for 6540, since my printer is a HP Deskjet 6540. I found the following entries: HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5,HPDeskjet_6500818D,HP_D eskjet_6500_Series ; Hardware ID [HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5] CopyFiles=HELP_LH,HPC_COMMON_LH,HP_PRNPROC,HP_ICC, ,@HPF6540 ,@H ,@HPFIME50. ,HP_LANGMON DataFile=HPF6540T.GPD LanguageMonitor="PCL hpz3llhn,hpz3llhn.dll" PrintProcessor="hpzpplhn,hpzpplhn.dll" CoreDriverSections="{D20EA372-DD35-4950-9ED8-A6335AFE79F0},UNIDRV.OEM,UNIDRV_DATA" Do you know how to get Vista to install these drivers? Thanks, Rob "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: All the print driver files should reside under \windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository all the prn??001.inf_######## contain the inf and the dlls required 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnao001.inf_e323fc2d 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnbr001.inf_d6fed16b 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnca001.inf_c4b22fbd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnci001.inf_2d8ec5b5 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndc001.inf_ab71723c 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndl001.inf_21699af3 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnep001.inf_226002f0 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfu001.inf_3071fdac 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfx001.inf_57c4b5e9 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnge001.inf_2b40eebd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prngt001.inf_efde87ee 02/16/2008 03:59 PM DIR prnhp001.inf_2db1d33e -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 19th 08, 09:37 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
It's an HP Deskjet 6540. Vista actually recognizes it correctly, but won't
install the drivers. "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: What is the model and model number of your HP printer? -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 19th 08, 10:22 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
Open your Control Panel and click on the "Add Hardware" iconÂ*.
The "Add Hardware Wizard" will appear. 1. Click on Next and place a dot next to "Yes, I have alreaÂ*dy connected the hardware". 2. Click Next and scroll all the way down to "Add a new harÂ*dware device". 3. Click once to highlight it and click Next. 4. Place a dot next to "Install the hardware that I manuallÂ*y select from a list (Advanced)". 5. Click Next and scroll down to "Printers", click once to Â*highlight and click Next. 6. Place a dot next to "Use the following port" and click NÂ*ext. 7. In the "Install Printer Software Screen", on the left siÂ*de scroll down to "HP" and click once to highlight, then in the right-side scrÂ*oll down to "HP DeskJet 6500 Series", click on it to highlight, then Â*click Next to install the software. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: It's an HP Deskjet 6540. Vista actually recognizes it correctly, but won't install the drivers. "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: What is the model and model number of your HP printer? -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 20th 08, 06:27 AM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
Unfortunately, this didn't work.
In the Install Printer Software Screen, there are only a couple of Deskjet models listed, and the 6540 is not one of them. However, given the info I got earlier in this thread, I clicked on the "have disk" button and pointed the installer to the .inf file in the HP printers folder in the Windows folder. Now the "Deskjet 6500 series" is (like many other HP printers) shown in the Install Printer Software Screen. Sadly, however, when I double-clicked on it, I got this error message: "Printer driver was not installed. Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printer driver package." Is it possible that the "core driver package" is not in my OEM version of Vista? Thanks, Rob "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Open your Control Panel and click on the "Add Hardware" iconÂ*. The "Add Hardware Wizard" will appear. 1. Click on Next and place a dot next to "Yes, I have alreaÂ*dy connected the hardware". 2. Click Next and scroll all the way down to "Add a new harÂ*dware device". 3. Click once to highlight it and click Next. 4. Place a dot next to "Install the hardware that I manuallÂ*y select from a list (Advanced)". 5. Click Next and scroll down to "Printers", click once to Â*highlight and click Next. 6. Place a dot next to "Use the following port" and click NÂ*ext. 7. In the "Install Printer Software Screen", on the left siÂ*de scroll down to "HP" and click once to highlight, then in the right-side scrÂ*oll down to "HP DeskJet 6500 Series", click on it to highlight, then Â*click Next to install the software. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: It's an HP Deskjet 6540. Vista actually recognizes it correctly, but won't install the drivers. "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: What is the model and model number of your HP printer? -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows System & Performance --------------------------------------------------------------- "RobB" wrote: My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 21st 08, 05:53 PM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
you need to install SP1. There was an issue in the core OS setup functions
where a file did not get regenerated properly after the manufacture deletes it in their setup program as Microsoft recommended in XP. Here's the QFE link for RTM Vista .. Error message when you try to install a new hardware device in Windows Vista: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937187 -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... Thanks Alan. I opened up the prnhp001 folder, then the .inf file and did a search for 6540, since my printer is a HP Deskjet 6540. I found the following entries: HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5,HPDeskjet_6500818D,HP_D eskjet_6500_Series ; Hardware ID [HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5] CopyFiles=HELP_LH,HPC_COMMON_LH,HP_PRNPROC,HP_ICC, ,@HPF6540 ,@H ,@HPFIME50. ,HP_LANGMON DataFile=HPF6540T.GPD LanguageMonitor="PCL hpz3llhn,hpz3llhn.dll" PrintProcessor="hpzpplhn,hpzpplhn.dll" CoreDriverSections="{D20EA372-DD35-4950-9ED8-A6335AFE79F0},UNIDRV.OEM,UNIDRV_DATA" Do you know how to get Vista to install these drivers? Thanks, Rob "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: All the print driver files should reside under \windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository all the prn??001.inf_######## contain the inf and the dlls required 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnao001.inf_e323fc2d 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnbr001.inf_d6fed16b 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnca001.inf_c4b22fbd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnci001.inf_2d8ec5b5 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndc001.inf_ab71723c 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndl001.inf_21699af3 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnep001.inf_226002f0 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfu001.inf_3071fdac 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfx001.inf_57c4b5e9 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnge001.inf_2b40eebd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prngt001.inf_efde87ee 02/16/2008 03:59 PM DIR prnhp001.inf_2db1d33e -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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April 22nd 08, 05:39 AM
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HP & Microsoft won't give me my printer driver!!
Well well well... I just installed the latest updates for Vista and it then
installed the drivers for my printer. I don't know if I installed SP1 or not, but whatever, it works. Thanks, Rob "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: you need to install SP1. There was an issue in the core OS setup functions where a file did not get regenerated properly after the manufacture deletes it in their setup program as Microsoft recommended in XP. Here's the QFE link for RTM Vista .. Error message when you try to install a new hardware device in Windows Vista: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937187 -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... Thanks Alan. I opened up the prnhp001 folder, then the .inf file and did a search for 6540, since my printer is a HP Deskjet 6540. I found the following entries: HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5,HPDeskjet_6500818D,HP_D eskjet_6500_Series ; Hardware ID [HPF6540T.GPD.ICM_LH_PHASE5] CopyFiles=HELP_LH,HPC_COMMON_LH,HP_PRNPROC,HP_ICC, ,@HPF6540 ,@H ,@HPFIME50. ,HP_LANGMON DataFile=HPF6540T.GPD LanguageMonitor="PCL hpz3llhn,hpz3llhn.dll" PrintProcessor="hpzpplhn,hpzpplhn.dll" CoreDriverSections="{D20EA372-DD35-4950-9ED8-A6335AFE79F0},UNIDRV.OEM,UNIDRV_DATA" Do you know how to get Vista to install these drivers? Thanks, Rob "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: All the print driver files should reside under \windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository all the prn??001.inf_######## contain the inf and the dlls required 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnao001.inf_e323fc2d 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnbr001.inf_d6fed16b 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnca001.inf_c4b22fbd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnci001.inf_2d8ec5b5 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndc001.inf_ab71723c 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prndl001.inf_21699af3 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnep001.inf_226002f0 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfu001.inf_3071fdac 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnfx001.inf_57c4b5e9 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prnge001.inf_2b40eebd 01/19/2008 02:41 AM DIR prngt001.inf_efde87ee 02/16/2008 03:59 PM DIR prnhp001.inf_2db1d33e -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "RobB" wrote in message ... My OEM version of Vista doesn't have the driver for my HP printer. HP says the driver should be in Vista, and won't give me the driver. Microsoft says they don't support OEM Vista, so I can't get the driver from them. How ridiculous is that? Can anyone recommend a solution for me? Thanks, Rob
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