Just go to manufacturers website and download proper drivers for the
printer and install them directly
"Peter Ellison" <News@pelbuilt.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uKrpvy3VHHA.5008@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi
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> New PC with clean install of Vista, by the PC manufacturer
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> PC is a Shuttle XPC
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> When attempting to attach a new device, in my case a HP 940c printer.
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> What ever type of device I select from the "Add Hardware" dialog box,
> nothing is listed in the next dialog where one would expect to see a list
> of manufacturers. Just the message "No drivers available" or something
> like that.
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> It has been suggested by someone in the Printers new group that the Reg
> key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion should be changed.
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> This key originally was set to %SystemRoot%\inf
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> I have changed this to c:\Windows\inf; c:\windows\system32\DriverStore;
> %SystemRoot%\inf
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> Now I do get a list of Manufacturers and can now find listed my HP 940c
> printer.
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> But... When it starts to install, about half way through it will stop,
> and the message "Core program" is missing.
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> One point of interest, if I select Windows Update for the list of drivers,
> HP is not listed....
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> I need help
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> Peter
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