Re: ms install expert needed

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 06:48:44 -0500

There must be some pertinent piece of information that the system needs,
about your printer, that is not there. It therefore thinks it is a new
printer each time you boot up. If Microsoft has not included the proper
driver for your printer it is because the printer company did not submit
them to Microsoft for inclusion in the operating system.

If the printer company does not have Windows XP drivers on their web site it
means that they have stopped supporting your printer. Try using drivers for
Windows 2000. Many times they work. If they do not work - new printers are
very inexpensive around the time of any major holiday (in the U.S.). It may
be time to look into a new one! 

-- 
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"jim sturtz" <Jim@Sturtzs.Com> wrote in message 
news:exu7FW9FEHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>i have a printer on my machine at home, running xp pro.
>
> the driver isnt 'exactly' the right one for xp but it works & they dont 
> make
> the printer or newer driver.
>
> i have tried installing/uninstalling & the same problem happens.
>
> the printer announces itself as 'new equipment' found everytime i boot.
>
> which is irksome, but...
>
> recently i installed an application that seems to have problems with the
> installer and i think it is because the system sees something new but 
> could
> be wrong on that.
>
> anyhow, everytime i boot, this app wants to 'install' again.  so i have to
> push the cancel install a bunch of time to kill it.
>
> is there some way to 'block' this autodetection that is going on that
> continually wants to install the app even tho it has been.  (a couple 
> times)
>
> is there some way to tell winxp to forget about telling me of this 'new'
> printer which has been there for years.
>
> thanks.
>
> --
> Jim
> Jim@Sturtzs.Com
>
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>
>

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