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Vista auto-detect on USB printers-- how to turn back on?



 
 
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Old March 16th 07, 03:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
coop
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Default Vista auto-detect on USB printers-- how to turn back on?

I had a HP 1215 photosmart printer that would be autodetected, but wouldn't
install because HP doesn't have a driver for it that will work for Vista. I
got tired of being alerted to this and chose the option to turn off
auto-detect for that device in one of the alert boxes, so I could look for a
way to get the printer installed (I later found out that I had to lie to
Vista and tell it I had a 7200 HP printer) . Now that I know the solution to
getting the printer installed, I can't get Vista to autodetect it again (I've
rebooted the computer and also unplugged and powered down the printer). I
also can't get it to autodetect another USB printer. It appears that
auto-detecting for USB port printers has been turned off permanently, which
is obviously not what I wanted to happen.

How can I get auto detect toggled back on? Thanks.
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Old March 16th 07, 10:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Richard Urban
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Default Vista auto-detect on USB printers-- how to turn back on?

In device manager you will likely find an entry with an ! or it may be
labeled as an unknown device.

If you believe that this is the entry for your printer, right click and
uninstall the entry. Now, reboot your computer. The O/S will again try to
install the drivers for this device. You can follow the prompts from that
point onward.

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"coop" wrote in message
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I had a HP 1215 photosmart printer that would be autodetected, but wouldn't
install because HP doesn't have a driver for it that will work for Vista.
I
got tired of being alerted to this and chose the option to turn off
auto-detect for that device in one of the alert boxes, so I could look for
a
way to get the printer installed (I later found out that I had to lie to
Vista and tell it I had a 7200 HP printer) . Now that I know the solution
to
getting the printer installed, I can't get Vista to autodetect it again
(I've
rebooted the computer and also unplugged and powered down the printer). I
also can't get it to autodetect another USB printer. It appears that
auto-detecting for USB port printers has been turned off permanently,
which
is obviously not what I wanted to happen.

How can I get auto detect toggled back on? Thanks.


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Old April 2nd 09, 08:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
yfw9910
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Default Vista auto-detect on USB printers-- how to turn back on?


=?Utf-8?B?Y29vcA==?=;112524 Wrote:
I had a HP 1215 photosmart printer that would be autodetected, but
wouldn't
install because HP doesn't have a driver for it that will work for
Vista. I
got tired of being alerted to this and chose the option to turn off
auto-detect for that device in one of the alert boxes, so I could look
for a
way to get the printer installed (I later found out that I had to lie
to
Vista and tell it I had a 7200 HP printer) . Now that I know the
solution to
getting the printer installed, I can't get Vista to autodetect it again
(I've
rebooted the computer and also unplugged and powered down the printer).
I
also can't get it to autodetect another USB printer. It appears that
auto-detecting for USB port printers has been turned off permanently,
which
is obviously not what I wanted to happen.

How can I get auto detect toggled back on? Thanks.




I have the same question. Do you get answer of it?


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