THANK YOU GLOB I have been hunting on how to fix this damn problem getting my vista 64 pc with a hp photosmart 7260 to talk to a vista 32 machine. you advice worked perfectly. I added a printer using vista 32 built in drivers and choose file for the output then followed the rest of your advice and finally my printer works from the vista 32 pc. every time before that i would get a BSOD and could find no help on hp web site.
Again i must say THANK YOU for your advice. I found it so helpfull that i registered on this site just so i could say THANK YOU
Thanks again
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