Well, I guess that I did something wrong. I removed the Vista printer
driver and then set up compatibility mode and ran the XP install package.
It appeared to unpack everything just fine and asked me to reboot. When it
booted back up it detected the printer and automatically installed the Vista
driver, so I'm right back where I started from. ...except I don't know
where the unpacked XP files went...
I could see the Vista printer driver install status but there's nothing that
allows you to stop it.
Any idea what I did wrong?
Howard
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"huwyngr" <Hugh_Wyn_Griffith@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VA.00000608.01e842b0@xxxxxx
Quote:
> In article <71E61BF5-C663-4358-9D4E-E58146F0A660@xxxxxx>, Howard
> Woodard wrote:
> Quote:
>> the Vista driver
>> did not provide any capability for monitoring ink levels.
>
> As I'm sure you have seen:
>
> Using the advanced printer functions
>
> You might find that some of the advanced features are no longer
> available when using this basic driver.
>
> It could be worthwhile trying installing the XP driver package for that
> printer, using Compatibility mode set to XP with SP2 and using Run as
> Administrator.
>
> The package is at:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...softwareitem=o
> j-6108-3&lc=en&cc=us&product=61562&os=228&dlc=en&lang=en
>
> but it's old enough that you may have it already.
>
> Say if you have it and if you need instructions on how to install in
> the way I mentioned.
>
> You will need to remove all traces of the AIO from the system before
> trying the XP driver so shout if you need help.
>