Re: Restoring lost printer driver



Bryce Alan Katz
07-10-2005, 03:17 AM
Larry Newhouse wrote:
> The "<Deleted>" below may look silly, but the reason I did it is because
> if I leave the file name in the text, Microsoft's server thinks I am
> illegally
> posting a file and removes the message altogether.
>
> "Larry Newhouse" <newhouse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:OM87Y5QUFHA.3152@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
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>>I have an older printer. I am trying to reinstall it after mucking things
>>up a bit with the manufacturer's printer driver. The MS driver that comes
>>with Windows has a problem, though. I have lost parts of it. When I
>>bring
>>up server properties the driver is listed as being on my computer, but one
>>of the files <Deleted> is not on my computer. Yes, I know
>>how to change search settings to search for all hidden and system files.
>>This tells me I need to somehow restore the original MS driver. I assume
>>it
>>is on my Windows XP disk. Does anyone know a procedure for restoring one
>>particular driver from the Windows disk?
>>
>>When I try to install the printer through the Windows hardware wizard
>>there's some odd behavior that it would be pointless to go through. The
>>problem is restoring the driver.
>>
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I'd manually remove all references to the driver and reinstall. When
prompted for the location of the driver, point the wizard back to the
Windows CD.


Re: Restoring lost printer driver