You are right, I do have the 32 bit version.

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Pavel



"Karl H Geng" wrote in message
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Pavel,
I don't think this scheme works if the Vista machine is a 64 bit version
like mine
with Ultimate 64. At least here it didn't ..
Are you using 32 bit VISTA on yours?
Karl

"Pavel" wrote in message
...
There is a solution that I found for a unsupported printers that work
under Windows XP but Vista refuses to install them. The only requirements
is that you have a networked Windows XP machine running with this printer
installed, Vista machine and copy of the drivers (inf,drv and all other
necessary files that come with a printer driver). A self contained
installer will not do.

On the WindowsXP machine, set the printer share to ON. On the Vista
machine, open Network folder, found on start menu. Find the WindowsXP in
this panel, open it and find the shared printer here. Double click on it.
Vista will prompt you to install it (basically, it will copy all the
drivers from the host machine).

The last step is to make the drive available locally. Using Add Printer,
select Local printer with the desired port. Under the driver selection,
click on "HAVE DISK" then using the 'browse' point to the drivers you
have that worked on WindowsXP. Vista will then prompt you with "Which
version of the driver do you want to use?' Select the 'Use the driver
that is currently installed (recommended)

Don't forget to delete the networked version Icon from the Vista printer
menu. otherwise it will just try to use the printer connected to the
WindowsXP (no harm done if you do not delete it or do not use it, just
annoying).


That is all

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Pavel



"Peter Ellison" wrote in message
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Been playing with this problem again this evening.
Have found that if I point the "Browse for driver on your computer" at
the root of C and then instruct it to check all sub folders, it will
find "C:\Windows\INF\prnhp001.inf"
Plus a lot of files "C:\users\all
users\microsoft\windows\wer\reportqueue\report.... \prnhp001.inf I
guess Vista know what is going wrong if I don't.
Any way installing the prnhp01.inf it then tell me that "Windows
encountered a problem installing the driver softwear for your device" +
"Unable to find a core driver package that is required bt the printer
driver package"

Still not printing
Peter

"Karl H Geng" wrote in message
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I have the same problem - brand new HP 9260 with VISTA Ultimate
preloaded - NO HP PRINTER DRIVERS !!
Bummer ...

Karl


"Peter Ellison" wrote in message
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Vista Home Premium
New computer, clean install by manufacturer.
Printer HP940c Ink Jet.

"HP" is not given in the list of available printers, even after
checking Windows Update.
The list presented in the "Add Printer" dialogue box, under the
heading Manufacturer, jumps From Gestetner to Imagistics.

Have contacted HP, who have given up on me.............. they suggest
that this is a problem with my install of Vista.

I also have a HP Laser Jet, have not begun to connect that yet, Not
much point if no HP printers listed.

Very frustrated
Peter

Had the same problem. Adding new printer showed not the default vista
printers only Windows Update button and Have disk button. But a lot of
searching (at least for me) through the vista files lead me to
C:\windows\inf\setupapi.app.log where I had these strange entries:

[Build Driver List - ROOT\*ISATAP\0000]
Section start 2007/02/23 08:03:37.108
cmd: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
dvi: Searching for hardware ID(s):
dvi: *isatap
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\inf'
inf: The path C:\inf\*.* is missing!
inf: The path C:\SWSetup\WLanDrvInstall\Broadcom\*.* is missing!
inf: The path C:\SWSetup\WLanDrvInstall\Intel3954ABG\*.* is missing!
inf: The path C:\SWSetup\WLanDrvInstall\Intel2915ABG\*.* is missing!
Section end 2007/02/23 08:03:37.123
[Exit status: SUCCESS]

A search through the registry to this strange INF directories and I found
the right registry setting:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

There's a REG_Expand_SZ key called DevicePath with the strange inf
locations. I added C:\Windows\inf as a first entry followed by a semicolon
and now it works again

Anyone here who can tell me what are the default Vista values here ? I
somehow have the feeling that a HP vista driver for my notebook has done this.

Hope that helps

"Peter Ellison" wrote:

Been playing with this problem again this evening.
Have found that if I point the "Browse for driver on your computer" at the
root of C and then instruct it to check all sub folders, it will find
"C:\Windows\INF\prnhp001.inf"
Plus a lot of files "C:\users\all
users\microsoft\windows\wer\reportqueue\report.... \prnhp001.inf I guess
Vista know what is going wrong if I don't.
Any way installing the prnhp01.inf it then tell me that "Windows
encountered a problem installing the driver softwear for your device" +
"Unable to find a core driver package that is required bt the printer driver
package"

Still not printing
Peter

"Karl H Geng" wrote in message
...
I have the same problem - brand new HP 9260 with VISTA Ultimate preloaded -
NO HP PRINTER DRIVERS !!
Bummer ...

Karl


"Peter Ellison" wrote in message
...
Vista Home Premium
New computer, clean install by manufacturer.
Printer HP940c Ink Jet.

"HP" is not given in the list of available printers, even after checking
Windows Update.
The list presented in the "Add Printer" dialogue box, under the heading
Manufacturer, jumps From Gestetner to Imagistics.

Have contacted HP, who have given up on me.............. they suggest
that this is a problem with my install of Vista.

I also have a HP Laser Jet, have not begun to connect that yet, Not much
point if no HP printers listed.

Very frustrated
Peter

I had the same problem. Discovered that the hp printer file was missing
form the inf directory. The file in question is prnhp001.inf, which
should be in the C:\windows\inf\ directory. Apparently it had been
deleted some how. possibly corupted during a bad shut down and deleted
by chkdsk or some such. Anyhow copied the file from another computer and
worked fine. Other alternative is to reinstall Vista doing a repair
installation to recopy the files from the installation cd. Or I suppose
you could extract the files from the installation cd if you knew which
ones you needed.


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