If the shared printer was attached to another XP workstation yours would be
able to copy the driver to itself. Since it is attached to an NT computer,
an XP driver cannot be provided this way. (Why would you assume an NT host
has an XP driver available?) You need to download an XP driver. Then when
you install the shared printer and are asked for the driver, navigate to the
directory where you placed the downloaded one. (Some printers,
particularly, some ink jets may require running an executable to install and
require a different process than noted above. If that's the case post again
for further info.)
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"stevek" <someone@somewhere.org> wrote in message
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> Trying to add printer on another networked system. Things seem to go ok
> until 'Connect to Printer: You are about to ..... viruses or scripts.....'
>
> Enter "Yes" and "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The driver that
> you are trying to install is not compatible with Windows XP."
>
> What the heck does this mean? Any printer used with XP must be on another
> XP machine? Any help?
>
> Other computer: WinNT workstation with HP DeskJet710C