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Old 01-05-2006, 06:41 AM
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Default XP wants to install a printer driver that's already installed

This picture sums up the problem:
http://www.petri.co.il/forums/attach...tachmentid=215

I hooked an Olivetti JP190 printer to my laptop. Since there's no XP driver
for this ancient inkjet printer, I downloaded a driver labeled 'Windows NT'
from Olivetti's website.

The driver works. Device manager says the device is working properly.
Indeed, it prints like it should.

But every time I plug in the printer (or boot with the printer connected),
XP proudly announces that it found new hardware and that it urgently needs a
file from my XP CD.

When I pop my CD in, XP can't find the file. And then it tries to find a
bunch of other files without success, because they are not on my XP CD.

Not that it matters, because the printer works fine without them.

When I hit 'cancel,' XP stays quiet until the next time I boot, and then it
starts all over again.

How can I stop XP from asking again and again and again? Is there a way to
force Windows to accept that my printer is already installed?
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