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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
Directly on the Redistributing Windows Vista Print Drivers page: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...rv_redist.mspx it says "Note: These packages are not intended for use on Windows Vista and later releases and driver setup packages should not attempt to install these packages on Windows Vista. The XPSDrv system components are pre-installed on Windows Vista and later releases." I guess the only real solution to this problem is to repair Vista. I don't think I'm going that far to reinstall the XPS printer. I sent an email to about this problem so maybe I'll get a response back soon. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
Read Adrians solution and add the printer using the Add Printer Wizard.
The drivers are list in the manufacture model page unless you have a corrupted infcache.1 file. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Gnavicks" wrote in message ... Directly on the Redistributing Windows Vista Print Drivers page: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...rv_redist.mspx it says "Note: These packages are not intended for use on Windows Vista and later releases and driver setup packages should not attempt to install these packages on Windows Vista. The XPSDrv system components are pre-installed on Windows Vista and later releases." I guess the only real solution to this problem is to repair Vista. I don't think I'm going that far to reinstall the XPS printer. I sent an email to about this problem so maybe I'll get a response back soon. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
Yes, the XPS printer is now listed under the Printer list of the "Microsoft" manufacturer list, but only because I browsed to "C:\Windows\System32\spool\tools\Microsoft XPS Document Writer." Like I said before, the wizard attempts to install the printer on the local XPSPort but it fails with the message "Printer Driver was not installed. Unable to find a core driver pacakge that is required by the printer driver package." I believe the printer was removed from the list you are talking about because I deleted the "driver and driver package" from the Drivers tab on the Printer Server Properties. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
I just removed the Driver Package and that did not prevent me from
reinstalling the driver and printer here are the files that are required for the XPS printer 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 763,904 mxdwdrv.dll 06/26/2007 06:03 AM 198,144 mxdwdui.dll 11/02/2006 05:34 AM 67,628 mxdwdui.gpd 11/02/2006 05:34 AM 42 mxdwdui.ini 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 23,812 STDDTYPE.GDL 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 14,362 STDNAMES.GPD 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 59,116 STDSCHEM.GDL 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 2,278 STDSCHMX.GDL 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 373,248 UNIDRV.DLL 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 21,225 unidrv.hlp 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 744,448 unidrvui.dll 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 761,856 UNIRES.DLL 06/26/2007 06:00 AM 1,675,776 XPSSVCS.DLL -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Gnavicks" wrote in message ... Yes, the XPS printer is now listed under the Printer list of the "Microsoft" manufacturer list, but only because I browsed to "C:\Windows\System32\spool\tools\Microsoft XPS Document Writer." Like I said before, the wizard attempts to install the printer on the local XPSPort but it fails with the message "Printer Driver was not installed. Unable to find a core driver pacakge that is required by the printer driver package." I believe the printer was removed from the list you are talking about because I deleted the "driver and driver package" from the Drivers tab on the Printer Server Properties. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
Alan, I copied those files from another Vista installation but I am unsure about what to do with them. I also did step 13 in this document while trying to repair my Adobe PDF printer a while back. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled....cfm?id=333221 I have since gotten all my printers to reinstall, just not the XPS one. Step 13 of the Adobe document told me to search http://support.microsoft.com for the 810894 article. I did the following in that article. I started Windows Explorer, and then deleted all files and folders in the following two folders: • c:\windows\system32\spool\printers • c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 I Clicked Start, clicked Run, typed regedit in the Open box, and then pressed ENTER. Navigated to and then clicked the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86 Viewed the list of subkeys. Which were only the following: • Drivers • Print Processors I didn't delete any subkeys becuase the above mentioned were the only ones in there. I located and then expand the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers I expand the Version-x subkey or subkeys, and then delete the printer driver entries. Navigated to and then clicked the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors Viewed the list of subkeys. I only deleted the keys that pertained to what I was doing so I left the following keys in there. Bluetooth Printer Port BP20 Langmon Local Port Standard TCP/IP Port USB Monitor WSD Port Then I restarted and reinstalled all my printers. Only the XPS printer wouldn't reinstall. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
Hello,
I am experiencing the "unable to find a core driver package" error. I'm looking for a solution as well. In my case, I am trying to (re)install a HP PSC1315 printer. In my case, it begain when I could not install any USB devices without problems. I had deleted the infcache.1 file as suggested by others. I was finally clued into what was going wrong by looking at the report files located in c:\Windows\WER\ReportQueue. (There's probably a more appropriate location to find the information.) Basically, the installation wasn't successful because "The system cannot find the file specified." Somehow, it was only looking for the driver files in the c:\Windows\inf directory. After copying the driver file to this directory, I was successful in installing my USB devices. Since you know (from the previous post) what files need to be copied, and you have those files from another Vista installation, you might want to try to put them to the c:\Windows\inf directory. I don't know if this will work, but it may be worth a try. Regards, J.W. "Gnavicks" wrote in message ... Alan, I copied those files from another Vista installation but I am unsure about what to do with them. I also did step 13 in this document while trying to repair my Adobe PDF printer a while back. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled....cfm?id=333221 I have since gotten all my printers to reinstall, just not the XPS one. Step 13 of the Adobe document told me to search http://support.microsoft.com for the 810894 article. I did the following in that article. I started Windows Explorer, and then deleted all files and folders in the following two folders: . c:\windows\system32\spool\printers . c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 I Clicked Start, clicked Run, typed regedit in the Open box, and then pressed ENTER. Navigated to and then clicked the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86 Viewed the list of subkeys. Which were only the following: . Drivers . Print Processors I didn't delete any subkeys becuase the above mentioned were the only ones in there. I located and then expand the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers I expand the Version-x subkey or subkeys, and then delete the printer driver entries. Navigated to and then clicked the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors Viewed the list of subkeys. I only deleted the keys that pertained to what I was doing so I left the following keys in there. Bluetooth Printer Port BP20 Langmon Local Port Standard TCP/IP Port USB Monitor WSD Port Then I restarted and reinstalled all my printers. Only the XPS printer wouldn't reinstall. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
J.W., I combined the files from the other Vista installation and the files from the "C:\Windows\System32\spool\tools\Microsoft XPS Document Writer" folder and put them in a folder called "XPS" and copied it to the "C:\Windows\inf" directory and then tried to install the MXDW on the XPSPort; it didn't work. Now at least Vista is prompting me to "Provide a printer driver." I believe it was asking for the Vista install DVD; I put that in but it didn't work anyway. Thanks for the help anyway. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
I'd set a Restore Point and then try it (possibly install in XP
compatibility mode). You are missing the sub-system and that should install it. Whether it works or not is another story. It seems easier to try than a full system repair. -- Bill R MVP "Gnavicks" wrote in message ... Directly on the Redistributing Windows Vista Print Drivers page: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...rv_redist.mspx it says "Note: These packages are not intended for use on Windows Vista and later releases and driver setup packages should not attempt to install these packages on Windows Vista. The XPSDrv system components are pre-installed on Windows Vista and later releases." I guess the only real solution to this problem is to repair Vista. I don't think I'm going that far to reinstall the XPS printer. I sent an email to about this problem so maybe I'll get a response back soon. -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
BillR, Are you saying that I should install the MXDW in XP Compatibility Mode? How do I do that if I don't have an executable file? -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer Printer in Vista
that's what I'd try but I'd back up the system by setting a Restore point
first.. Will it allow you to download it? Either that or the XPS Experience pack. -- Bill R MVP "Gnavicks" wrote in message ... BillR, Are you saying that I should install the MXDW in XP Compatibility Mode? How do I do that if I don't have an executable file? -- Gnavicks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnavicks's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27892 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=782555 http://forums.techarena.in |