Alex

Yeah. That was the first thing I did... are you saying I should try
installing the Vista driver on the XP machine?

"hayami.wai" wrote:

> Drivers for XP don't always work for Vista and vice versa. You will need to
> download the drivers for Vista for the printer mentioned.
>
> "Alex" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to access my printer over a network. The printer is hooked up to
> > a computer running on XP, while mine is running on Vista home premium.
> > The network runs fine. I can see and access files on the XP computer no
> > probs. The printer works fine, if it's plugged in directly to either computer.
> > My computer can see the printer on the XP computer through the network, and
> > can even tell the type (canon pixma mp760).
> > However, when I try to connect to it, I get an error message, telling me the
> > XP computer doesn not have the proper drivers.
> > I've tried putting the vista drivers onto the XP computer and tried
> > accessing the printer through the vista drivers already installed on my
> > computer, but have not had any luck getting through.
> > The computer tells me 'the file *.inf is needed'. I can find the file
> > 'mp760sc.INF' on my computer and the XP, where I stashed the Vista driver,
> > but when I try to use that, the computer gives me an error message: "Printer
> > driver setup error. Operation could not be completed (error 0x800f214)"
> > I haven't seen this problem among the posts, so maybe it's something
> > ridiculously simple, but I don't know what it is.