hi morris,
the printer is connected to server. it has been installed with point
and
print method.
and one more doubt. as you have mentioned in our earlier discussion
about
changing the group policy dont you think its a degrade in vistas
performance.
is ther any other alternative solution for this issue.
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So is this a local printer or a connection to a server?
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hi Alan,
the problem is ill upgrade XP to vista and ill clean up all the
installed
printer drivers in vista and then do a PnP download. if i click some
of
the
tabs of downloaded driver such as cofiguration etc then the status
changes
from "ready" to "driver updateneeded". this problem is seen only in
xp
to
upgraded version. this problem is not observed in fresh installation
of
vista. plese let me know what could be the reason for this.
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On an upgrade, the printer driver is not retained on the client but
the
connection information is retained so the client must get the
driver
from
the server before it can print, thus the printer is placed in
Driver
Update
Needed until the client first prints and downloads the driver or
right
clicks on the printer and selects update from the menu.
Point and Print Restriction policy in Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/print/VistaPnPSec.mspx
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Alan,
can you provide the link from where i can get the information to
changing
the group policy for this issue.
and the other doubt is "Driver update needed" issue is seen only
if
we
UPGRADE xp to vista. if we install vista directly by formatting
the
hard
disc
this problem is not observed.
your have mentioned that by changing the group policies we can
over
come
this issue.
can you please clarify is this issue a bug in vista when we
upgrade
xp
to
vista or some thing else?
and the other problem is this issue is not seen in x64 machines
after
installing vcredist_x64.exe taken form the following link. but
even
after
installing vcredist_x86.exe on a x86 machine this problem is
seen.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...30-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=en
is there any executable which will change the group policies to
previous
version of OS or which will eliminate this issue. if yes can you
please
provide the link for the same.
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I'll handle this
Check the date stamps on the files on the server. If you have a
module
that
periodically updates information to the server ( auto
configuration?),
then
the file set between the server and the client is different and
the
printer
needs to be updated. On Vista, there is a status change set and
user
action
is required.
There is a group policy setting to change this to previous OS
behavior.
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hi cari, im in printer driver developement team of toshiba
MFP's.
when
i
do
Point and Print from a toshiba print server the status of
printer
is
getting
changed from ready to driver update needed after some time.
this
problem
is
not seen in XP. and more over this problem will be seen only
if
we
upgrade
xp
to vista. do you have any idea why the status changes from
ready
to
driver
update needed?
:
I can't find any mention of it at the Toshiba website.....
perhaps
it's
not
a US model. If so, which country does it come from.
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Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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Toshiba e-sutdio411c
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Make and model of printer?????
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Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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when i install the driver throuth PnP the status is
changing
from
ready
to
driver update needed in vista. this problem is seen only
if
i
upgrade
XP
to
vista. if i install vista directly this problem is not
seen.