Thanks for the advice.
And I will be chacing them.
But should you check the Printers and Fax new group, you will see other
users with similar problem to the one that I have found.

Peter.

"Ludwig" <nobody@somewhere.net> wrote in message
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>I would think that this is a question for the manufacturer of the new PC.
> "roob69" <rnsyoung@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:F02A94A5-4984-40D8-BDEF-4640F157167A@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> 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=darkred]
>>> 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
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