I was able to get my epson printer to work by downloading the xp drivers and
installing them. Vista then was able to recognize the printer and it works
fine. That was my solution , take it for what its worth.


"Peter Ellison" <News@pelbuilt.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>
> Peter
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