Topic: Printer problem

[Clive]

A friend of mine just phoned to tell me he has bought a new HP Deskjet with USB connection.  He's plugged it into his WinXP machine, inserted the CD and he reckons it says "CD not needed for XP".  The "New hardware detected" message didn't appear so he did it manually.  The bottom line is that the printer won't work.

[Sandra]

USB devices sometimes like the software installed before the hardware Clive.I suggest you tell him to delete the printer from inside device manager and any software for the printer from add/install in control panel then see if it will take the cd again.After it has installed the software it will ask him to connect his printer and finish installing it.If it still doesnt take the cd software just reboot with the printer connected and it should detect it  

[Adept]

Which DeskJet is it Clive?

To kick the PnP detection routine into working properly, he'll need to uninstall/delete the manually installed a printer driver.

A reboot should then allow the driver to automatically install.

[Sandra]

Have you just moved this Clive?
When I posted it was in a different part of the forum and it said this topic didnt exsist  
How did your other friend go on with his modem,you never got back to us about it?

Are these real friends or imaginary ones by the way  

[Clive]

It's a HP V45 Office printer.  I've phoned him and he's going to follow your advice.  I'll let you know how he gets on.

[Clive]

I moved it because I posted it in the wrong section and you were too quick for me.  

All my friends are imaginary Sandra.  

This guy's name is Alva and I'm going to get him to join us very soon.  I'm about to post a reply about the modem problem.

[Adept]

There does appear to be an XP driver Clive. All 55MB of it, available from here

[Clive]

55Mb?  In my day you could land a man on the Moon with only 16K.  

[Adept]

When I first started programming, you could control a power station with only 1k. At least that's what Uncle Clive Sinclair said anyway

[Sandra]

And still have change left over if you'd gone out with five bob in your pocket,had five pints of ale and a fish supper too  

[Clive]

Well, actually Hugh would be the very guy to ask about that because he was an electrical engineer at Aberthaw power station.  

[Adept]

five bob in your pocket

How much is that in real money, Aunty Sandra?

[Clive]

She's probably converting it into groats now Adept.      

[Sandra]

I make it 25p Adept.Actually I dont go back quite that far but I remember buying petrol at 6s 8d per gallon which was 3 gallons for a pound or about 7.5p per litre in todays money  
And I could have a good night out,even if I bought my own drinks,for a pound (I drank quite a lot in those days too)  
The downside was that I only earned £5 and 10s for a five and a half day week working in an insurance office as a clerk back in 1968  
Hey but it was the swinging 60s and I was there ( I think )  

[Adept]

The cheapest I remember petrol was 50p a gallon and I remember the person I was with complaining bitterly how expensive petrol had become

Ah, the 60's. My mother-in-law talks about them a lot. Apparently she was in the Isle-of-Wight at the same time as a certain concert. Doesn't remember a thing of course - which I suppose proves she was there.