Hi



New PC with clean install of Vista, by the PC manufacturer

PC is a Shuttle XPC



When attempting to attach a new device, in my case a HP 940c printer.

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.



It has been suggested by someone in the Printers new group that the Reg key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion should be changed.



This key originally was set to %SystemRoot%\inf

I have changed this to c:\Windows\inf; c:\windows\system32\DriverStore;
%SystemRoot%\inf



Now I do get a list of Manufacturers and can now find listed my HP 940c
printer.

But... When it starts to install, about half way through it will stop, and
the message "Core program" is missing.



One point of interest, if I select Windows Update for the list of drivers,
HP is not listed....



I need help

Peter