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?

Yes, there is a driver.... it's included in XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;293381

Uninstall the driver (NT drivers don't usually work well anyway) and
reinstall it correctly using the Add Printer Wizard.

Follow Steps 1 through 5 at:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm

Then after the reboot, run the Add Printer Wizard and everything will be
clear to you.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"666" <666@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

The driver was indeed included, but it tried to hide from XPs add printer
wizard. The wizard couldn't find it on my XP CD so I had to manually unzip
(well, uncab) driver.cab and point the wizard where to the files.