Printer with Windows Vista installation issues?
I recently had the hard drive on my Compaq CQ50 replaced. I am running Vista Home Premium. I went to the respective websites of the manufacturers of my printers and downloaded the drivers for them. Printers have been installed according to the "Assistant", but I'm unable to print using them. I get the message to install the drivers for the respective printers whenever I get on the computer, but he does not see the printer drivers which I downloaded earlier. I have installed and uninstalled printers, deleted the printer and re downloaded drivers without success.
try restarting in safe mode (with networking) to do the installation/activation.
Win7 start in safe mode - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode - please let us know if works or not.
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