Install Printer Driver Without Win98 System CD

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Brad

Hi,

I bought an older HP "Laser Jet" 6L printer at a yard sale.
This printer connects to the parallel port (no USB) and that is just
fine since I am using a Windows 98 desktop computer. I downloaded the
Windows 98 driver for this model printer.

When I connected the printer, turned it on, then turned on the computer,
Windows didn't give me an option to install the driver I downloaded. Instead,
it "built a driver database" and requested the Windows 98SE system CD!
Note: I didn't need the driver I downloaded.

If I didn't have the Windows 98SE system CD, how does one "get around"
this and install the driver from a different source?

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
 
I bought an older HP "Laser Jet" 6L printer at a yard sale.
This printer connects to the parallel port (no USB) and that is just
fine since I am using a Windows 98 desktop computer. I downloaded the
Windows 98 driver for this model printer.

When I connected the printer, turned it on, then turned on the computer,
Windows didn't give me an option to install the driver I downloaded. Instead,
it "built a driver database" and requested the Windows 98SE system CD!
Note: I didn't need the driver I downloaded.

If I didn't have the Windows 98SE system CD, how does one "get around"
this and install the driver from a different source?
Click to expand...

Quite often, the files needed from the Windows 98SE CD are
present on your harddisk.
(The installer is just not smart enought to see them.)

Do a search yourself for *.CAB on C:
If you get just a handfull of files, you realy need the CD.

Otherwise, note the location of the majority of cabs
(C:\windows\catroot\cabs or so) and point the installer there
when asked for the CD.
 
Brad said:
Hi,

I bought an older HP "Laser Jet" 6L printer at a yard sale.
This printer connects to the parallel port (no USB) and that is just
fine since I am using a Windows 98 desktop computer. I downloaded the
Windows 98 driver for this model printer.

When I connected the printer, turned it on, then turned on the computer,
Windows didn't give me an option to install the driver I downloaded.
Instead,
it "built a driver database" and requested the Windows 98SE system CD!
Note: I didn't need the driver I downloaded.

If I didn't have the Windows 98SE system CD, how does one "get around"
this and install the driver from a different source?

Thanks in advance, Brad
Click to expand...
Go into Device Manager, and delete the printer.
Now install Your printer drivers.
Then, restart the machine, with the printer switched On.
Windows will find it, and look for the drivers (which you have
installed).
HTH.
 
Hi,

I bought an older HP "Laser Jet" 6L printer at a yard sale.
This printer connects to the parallel port (no USB) and that is just
fine since I am using a Windows 98 desktop computer. I downloaded the
Windows 98 driver for this model printer.

When I connected the printer, turned it on, then turned on the computer,
Windows didn't give me an option to install the driver I downloaded. Instead,
it "built a driver database" and requested the Windows 98SE system CD!
Note: I didn't need the driver I downloaded.

If I didn't have the Windows 98SE system CD, how does one "get around"
this and install the driver from a different source?

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
Click to expand...

Windows remembers it's installation source. If you had
copied the files to your hard drive and installed from
there, henceforth all such requests for drivers wouldn't
prompt, it would just read them off the hard drive.

For that reason, many people chose to either copy files to
the drive first, OR later change the registry entry to the
files residing on the hard drive. As someone else mentioned
already, these files are mostly comprised of *.cab files and
any system (thinking OEM) that doesn't come with the
original Windows CD does have them on the hard drive
somewhere, or would necessarily have them on a separate disc
similar to how they would've been on an original Windows CD.
 
Brad said:
If I didn't have the Windows 98SE system CD, how does one "get around"
this and install the driver from a different source?
Click to expand...

when it asks for the CD just point it to where your printer driver is
instead.

Note that a minority of drivers are exe files, just click them and tey
do the whole thing, without involving the 98 wizard.


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