Sounds like you forgot to install the chipset drivers for your motherboard
after doing the complete clean installation of XP.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"TXBLKXMAN" <fred@davis55.com> wrote in message
news:1134012333.243476.40460@g14g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> My hard drive crashed and I had to
> replace the whole thing. I purchased a retail full version of Windows
> XP SP2
> and installed it my new hard drive. Ever since then I can not install
> any
> printer on the computer.
>
>
> Details of what I did and my problem.
> -Hard Drive crashed, purchased and installed a new one
> -Installed a full version Windows XP SP2 (new purchase, since before I
> only
> had an upgrade)
> -Tried to install USB printer (tried multiple printers), when I plug in
> the
> printer it recongnizes the type of printer, then it shows copying the
> files
> to install the driver, then at the end it closes and says "there was a
> problem installing your printer, it may not work properly"
> -The printer does not show up in the control panel under printers
> -Downloaded the latest drivers for both printers to ensure I had the
> latest
> version.
>
>
> So any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
>