Re: How do I stop WinXP from continually installing another printer?

On Jun 30, 1:45 am, GHalleck <ghall...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
but still a nuisance. how to stop this automatically adding feature?

IIRC, HP has never updated the driver files for the Laserjet 5L other
than that contained in the Windows XP installation cdrom. From where
did you download this driver?- Hide quoted text -

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From HP website. The self installing program is called
lj368en.exe

I renamed it
HPLaserJet5LDrivers-lj368en.exe
so I could keep track of what it is

When run it installs in C:\lf368
a single .inf file and twelve .dl_ files and an HPlicens.txt file

As I said, these work flawlessly driving the printer compared to the
built in printer driver of the WinXP.

However, WinXP keeps saying there's new hardware and keeps installing
its stupid driver. How to stop that?

I went to compare dates between the two driver sets, and...

FOUND IT!!!

If I let WinXP install the stupid driver, then go to the properties of
that PRINTER and change the driver to the new one; WinXP stops trying
to install a driver.

On retrospect, not as obtuse as first seems. The rule is : let WinXP
instal garbage, then change the garbage. I'm happy and WinXP is
happy.

Thanks, if you had not had me poking around in those areas, I never
would have seen this possibility.

Robert

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