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Re: [LUG] "Stuff Just Works In Windows" ?

 

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:52:10 +0000
Rhia Knowles wrote:

> Yeah HP drivers are bundled in a ginormous .exe with a crapload of
> apps, especially if its a 3-in 1 like this one is. If you tell it 'Its
> not connected yet, don't search' the exe terminates and no printer is
> installed. If you connect, it waits for windows to do its thing
> finding the printer, installing the drivers, and then continues. I
> presume while its running it hosts the drivers in a temp folder and
> deletes this folder on exit.
> 
> If you try and use the windows list of drivers even on the XP machine
> which has been using it locally, it shows earlier versions but not
> this specific model. [Have disk] cant find the drivers because they
> are locked up in that .exe

You could always run said .exe file and, before clicking on anything at
all, browse to your temp folder and copy the extracted installation
files somewhere else.  If all goes well this might give you a folder in
which the printer drivers are held, to which you can then [have disk]
it.

Grant.

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