add printer wizard

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Conny

I have loaded XP Pro on a few machines that when I finish
loading everything the printer wizard does not work. It
does nothing at all. I cannot tell when it is going to
stop working. I have loaded the os and updates and it
still worked, I loaded all other programs and somewhere in
that time it stopped working. It does not break all the
time, just 50% on fresh loads. Once it stopped on a
factory load. The only fix is reloading so far.

Thanks for any help,
Conny
 
Highly interesting. Can you be more specific - how exactly does it stop
working ? Does it not come and do nothing, not came up but display error
message, come up but fail somewhere along the way ?

What other apps are in the image you're deploying ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conny" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: add printer wizard
 
I have the same problem. The Add a Printer does nothing,
no error, no response.

[This manifest itself such that I cannot use the sw
supplied by two printer vendors to install the printers.
Just after I connect the printer, both install apps go
nuts (1) CPU 100% and 1) install gets itself into a
endless loop which I have to break out of). My printer
use to work]
 
Well, if Conny's problem is indeed that double-clicking the Add Printer icon
results in nothing, then you have the same sympton. Hers is really
interesting because it's not consistent. Yours is probably the usual case of
some install program futzing around with printui.dll (which hosts the Add
Printer Wizard). Running "sfc /scannow" from the command line usually fixes
that.

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[email protected] said:
I have the same problem. The Add a Printer does nothing,
no error, no response.

[This manifest itself such that I cannot use the sw
supplied by two printer vendors to install the printers.
Just after I connect the printer, both install apps go
nuts (1) CPU 100% and 1) install gets itself into a
endless loop which I have to break out of). My printer
use to work]
-----Original Message-----
Highly interesting. Can you be more specific - how exactly does it stop
working ? Does it not come and do nothing, not came up but display error
message, come up but fail somewhere along the way ?

What other apps are in the image you're deploying ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conny" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: add printer wizard



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My problem is that nothing happens with the add printer
wizard. No errors no nothing. I am so frustrated and sorry
about this but I am glad to know that one other person has
run into this. I am to the point of being afraid to load
XP fresh on a machine.

-----Original Message-----
Well, if Conny's problem is indeed that double-clicking the Add Printer icon
results in nothing, then you have the same sympton. Hers is really
interesting because it's not consistent. Yours is probably the usual case of
some install program futzing around with printui.dll (which hosts the Add
Printer Wizard). Running "sfc /scannow" from the command line usually fixes
that.
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message news:[email protected]...
I have the same problem. The Add a Printer does nothing,
no error, no response.

[This manifest itself such that I cannot use the sw
supplied by two printer vendors to install the printers.
Just after I connect the printer, both install apps go
nuts (1) CPU 100% and 1) install gets itself into a
endless loop which I have to break out of). My printer
use to work]
-----Original Message-----
Highly interesting. Can you be more specific - how exactly does it stop
working ? Does it not come and do nothing, not came up but display error
message, come up but fail somewhere along the way ?

What other apps are in the image you're deploying ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conny" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: add printer wizard

I have loaded XP Pro on a few machines that when I finish
loading everything the printer wizard does not work. It
does nothing at all. I cannot tell when it is going to
stop working. I have loaded the os and updates and it
still worked, I loaded all other programs and somewhere in
that time it stopped working. It does not break all the
time, just 50% on fresh loads. Once it stopped on a
factory load. The only fix is reloading so far.

Thanks for any help,
Conny



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So, assuming that you're deploying images - what application do you install
with that ?

Does running sfc /scannow from the command line on one of the affected
machines solve the problem ? If so, what does the log say which files got
replaced ?
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Conny said:
My problem is that nothing happens with the add printer
wizard. No errors no nothing. I am so frustrated and sorry
about this but I am glad to know that one other person has
run into this. I am to the point of being afraid to load
XP fresh on a machine.

-----Original Message-----
Well, if Conny's problem is indeed that double-clicking the Add Printer icon
results in nothing, then you have the same sympton. Hers is really
interesting because it's not consistent. Yours is probably the usual case of
some install program futzing around with printui.dll (which hosts the Add
Printer Wizard). Running "sfc /scannow" from the command line usually fixes
that.
Click to expand...
message news:[email protected]...
I have the same problem. The Add a Printer does nothing,
no error, no response.

[This manifest itself such that I cannot use the sw
supplied by two printer vendors to install the printers.
Just after I connect the printer, both install apps go
nuts (1) CPU 100% and 1) install gets itself into a
endless loop which I have to break out of). My printer
use to work]

-----Original Message-----
Highly interesting. Can you be more specific - how
exactly does it stop
working ? Does it not come and do nothing, not came up
but display error
message, come up but fail somewhere along the way ?

What other apps are in the image you're deploying ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conny" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: add printer wizard

I have loaded XP Pro on a few machines that when I
finish
loading everything the printer wizard does not work. It
does nothing at all. I cannot tell when it is going to
stop working. I have loaded the os and updates and it
still worked, I loaded all other programs and
somewhere in
that time it stopped working. It does not break all the
time, just 50% on fresh loads. Once it stopped on a
factory load. The only fix is reloading so far.

Thanks for any help,
Conny



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No I am not using an image I am loading fresh xp. I am
loading Jenzabar (DataBase SQL2k), adobe reader, netscape,
pegasus email, winzip. I have not gotten another computer
with this problem to try SFC yet. I ended up putting
windows 2000 on the two I had from the other day because
the users were waiting.
Thanks,
Conny

-----Original Message-----
So, assuming that you're deploying images - what application do you install
with that ?

Does running sfc /scannow from the command line on one of the affected
machines solve the problem ? If so, what does the log say which files got
replaced ?
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" and confers no rights whatsoever.

Conny said:
My problem is that nothing happens with the add printer
wizard. No errors no nothing. I am so frustrated and sorry
about this but I am glad to know that one other person has
run into this. I am to the point of being afraid to load
XP fresh on a machine.

-----Original Message-----
Well, if Conny's problem is indeed that double-clicking the Add Printer icon
results in nothing, then you have the same sympton. Hers is really
interesting because it's not consistent. Yours is probably the usual case of
some install program futzing around with printui.dll (which hosts the Add
Printer Wizard). Running "sfc /scannow" from the command line usually fixes
that.
Click to expand...
message I have the same problem. The Add a Printer does nothing,
no error, no response.

[This manifest itself such that I cannot use the sw
supplied by two printer vendors to install the printers.
Just after I connect the printer, both install apps go
nuts (1) CPU 100% and 1) install gets itself into a
endless loop which I have to break out of). My printer
use to work]

-----Original Message-----
Highly interesting. Can you be more specific - how
exactly does it stop
working ? Does it not come and do nothing, not came up
but display error
message, come up but fail somewhere along the way ?

What other apps are in the image you're deploying ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conny" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: add printer wizard

I have loaded XP Pro on a few machines that when I
finish
loading everything the printer wizard does not work. It
does nothing at all. I cannot tell when it is going to
stop working. I have loaded the os and updates and it
still worked, I loaded all other programs and
somewhere in
that time it stopped working. It does not break all the
time, just 50% on fresh loads. Once it stopped on a
factory load. The only fix is reloading so far.

Thanks for any help,
Conny



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