Easy Printing Question in x64 (I hope!)

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I have an HP 1200 laser. Works like a champ when hooked up to Vista RC1
x64. Works like a champ when hooked up to XP SP2. But I want to have it
hooked up to XP (32-bit) and share it so that I can use it on Vista (64-bit)
and one of my other XP systems at home.

How do I do this?

I can see where to add x64 drivers in XP, but I can't tell how to actually
do that! It asks for the driver locations, but I can't actually find them.
Are the drivers buried in some sub-directory of the Vista x64 disk?

Any help is appreciated!

- Dennis
 
That is easy.
You will need to point to the x64 Vista installation (you can't extract them
off the disk).

\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\prnhp001.inf


Easy!?

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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Dumb question,
Where are you trying to install the 64bit drivers? if it's on the xp box,
you might have a problem with getting it to recognize the install path
metioned unless you actually go in and Share that Particular folder on the
network. Otherwise XP won't be able to see and hence won't connect to that
folder. Easiet way to get the drivers into xp is download them to the XP
machine direct from HP, then when it asks where the drivers are you just
have to point to the local inf file rather than trying find it on the network.

Alan Morris said:
That is easy.
You will need to point to the x64 Vista installation (you can't extract them
off the disk).

\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\prnhp001.inf


Easy!?

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

denj said:
I have an HP 1200 laser. Works like a champ when hooked up to Vista RC1
x64. Works like a champ when hooked up to XP SP2. But I want to have it
hooked up to XP (32-bit) and share it so that I can use it on Vista
(64-bit) and one of my other XP systems at home.

How do I do this?

I can see where to add x64 drivers in XP, but I can't tell how to actually
do that! It asks for the driver locations, but I can't actually find
them. Are the drivers buried in some sub-directory of the Vista x64 disk?

Any help is appreciated!

- Dennis
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