Vista - Unable to install HP Officejet printer due to missing USB drivers

Trying to install my printer into guest XP in Virtual PC 2007, using HP
software and drivers from HP website, tried twice and goes OK up to final
installation, telling me missing USB drivers and hardware, although printer
is fine on my host Vista Ultimate. How do I get the host virtual XP to
install this printer?? thanks a million...!
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Christopher

You can't Virtual PC does not support USB, try using another Virtual Machine
solution such as VMWare which supports USB 2.0.
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"Christopher" <Christopher@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Christopher,

Using the Add Printer wizard in your XP in the VM, you need to choose "A
network printer, or a printer attached to another computer".

Your VM and your host are, in effect, 2 separate computers. Your guest
needs to be treated in the exact same way that you would treat a separate
physical computer.

Do you have networkin in the VM using your hosts NIC? You will need to make
sure that Printer sharing is turned on in Vista.

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"Christopher" <Christopher@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

You have to map it as a network printer, not as a local one.

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"Christopher" <Christopher@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good point Jane, forgot about that.
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"Jane C" <janecolman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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PROBLEM:
Can't install HP USB/Network Printer from Virtual PC 2007 due to lack
of a USB port. This should not be a limitation since the printer is
network-accessible but the print driver setup program complains and
won't let you finish the install.

SOLUTION:
When the installer complains about lack of USB port, simply click on
the "Cancel" button while holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys. This
will "magically" bypass the USB port requirement and allow the installer
to continue. Be sure to have the IP Address of your printer handy as you
will need that in a subsequent step to connect to your printer.

NOTE:
This may not work on all HP Network-capable printers, but I can
confirm that it works for the OfficeJet 6310 All-in-one.

-I found this solution on the HP Website -


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