When do you get the error and what is the exact error message you receive on
the Vista machine when making the connection.
Yes this will work if we add a local printer to the Vista machine using the
inbox driver. But the exact error first please.
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"Michael in Ohio" <MichaelinOhio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:162EC8C4-B333-4B1E-855C-A17CCE8AC448@microsoft.com...
> Hi Alan,
>
> I do not have this file on my Windows XP machine. To clarify, the HP5510
> All In One printer is installed on the Windows XP machine with the Vista
> Laptop trying to connect to it.
>
> When looking at the Driver section of the Printer, the only driver which
> is
> Check Marked is the [Enviorment] Intel [Version] Windows 2000 or XP. I
> thought perhaps that I should download a Vista driver and maintain it on
> the
> XP machine, but HP doesn't make this available as it is already shipped
> with
> Vista.
>
> I know the Vista Driver is available on the laptop, but I never get far
> enough in the process to use the driver.
>
> Where to from here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> dir \\computer\printshare is an invalid command.
>>
>> Thanks for the driver name. HP has a binary that checks the OS version.
>> The binary only works on Server 2003 and less OS version numbers. This
>> binary will terminate when run in Vista. Since the file is loaded with
>> the
>> driver, the terminating code causes the spooler to fail on Vista. Check
>> the
>> version number of hpbmini.dll on you XP machine
>> \windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3. The version number should be
>> 18
>> or greater to work on Vista.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Morris
>> Windows Printing Team
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>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>>
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>>
>> "Michael in Ohio" <MichaelinOhio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:90FDAB14-0F4A-4FCC-BEE2-17C9AD944D66@microsoft.com...
>> >I am experiencing the same conditions as many others. I'd like to work
>> > through it with someone if there is anyone who can help. I have a new
>> > laptop
>> > with Windows Vista Home Premium.
>> >
>> > I have a desktop with Windows XP SR2 with an HP5510 printer connected
>> > to
>> > it.
>> > All my other XP computers can connect to it and install the printer.
>> > The
>> > Vista
>> > machine can see the printer, but will receive an error if I try to
>> > connect
>> > to
>> > it.
>> >
>> > I tried a work around I found which included installing it as a local
>> > printer. This failed also. I tried the dir \\computername\printername
>> > command in a command window and received "not enough server storage is
>> > available to process this command" I believe received this error also
>> > when
>> > I
>> > tried to install the network printer as a loca printer.
>> >
>> > I could use some advise as well. It certainly seems this would be a
>> > simple
>> > process to handle, but with all the similar cases floating around the
>> > web,
>> > it
>> > doesn't appear to be so. Please help if at all possible.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>