HP & Vista

I followed all of the steps provided on this page and the HP rep I was in
email correspondance with, unplugging,powering down & up, etc, no go..the rep
on the phone told me it is because of the age of my printer. I am just
frustrated because the printer even though it is 5 yrs old is in perfect
working condition, and I just refuse to be part of the mindset of a
disposible society and just purchasing the "latest thing" just because it's
there to buy, and that my printer is considered "obsolete". I guess that I am
from a generation that believes that as long as you take care of something it
should last and be usable for longer than 5 yrs. I never bothered to try and
scan because I couldn't even get past step one to print. When I had XP on my
other laptop it "just worked", and I never had any issues, so I figured it
would just do the same with Vista....wrong! So I am just going to hook it
(the printer) up to my old desktop, save any files I need to print to my
stick, and print off of that till I get a new printer which will probably be
obsolete the day after I buy it

In regards to the other response from "huwyngr" I have Vista 32 bit OS
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VISTA IS EVIL


"Kevin" wrote:

>
>
> "Bssgrl" <vistaiseveil.RemoveThis@billgates.com> wrote in message
> news:D2A964EE-DD6F-486D-B387-EB09265B5F5B@microsoft.com...
> > I have tried everything possible to get my HP PSC 500 to work with Vista,
> > I
> > had no problems with XP. The driver is there, but it presents an error
> > when I
> > go to print. I have contacted HP and they tell me because my machine,
> > which
> > is in perfect working condition, is 5 yrs old it will not work with Vista.
> > I
> > find this totally unacceptable and would like to find a solution to this
> > other than spending more money unneccessarily to get a 2nd printer that I
> > don't want or have room for
> > Any real suggestions out there?
> >
> > --
> > VISTA IS EVIL
>
> If HP does not have a Vista driver for your printer, that is not the fault
> of Microsoft. I assume that when you spoke with HP tech support, they
> confirmed that there is no Vista driver for your printer? How about simply
> trying to see if Vista will see the printer and install a generic printer
> driver for it? Remove any drivers or other software for the printer in
> Add/Remove Programs, unplug the printer from your computer and reboot. Plug
> the printer into your computer and turn on the printer. Vista may see the
> printer and offer to install a generic driver for it. This will likely not
> allow all of the previous functionality you may have had, but it may let you
> do basic printing.
>

In article <D2A964EE-DD6F-486D-B387-EB09265B5F5B DeleteThis @microsoft.com>, Bssgrl wrote:

> I have tried everything possible to get my HP PSC 500 to work with Vista, I 
> had no problems with XP. The driver is there, but it presents an error when I 
> go to print.

Both XP and VISTA have drivers "in the box"

If you want help here, start by telling us what version of VISTA you have (Home
editions do not have Fax & Scan) and exactly what the error message said.

You say you cannot Print -- can you fax or scan?

The people can try to help you.

Also read the instructions on the HP website on how to get the device
operational in VISTA:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00808543&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
&product=58710&lang=en

I have a toshiba laptop( satellite a200) and am running vista home basic.
Every time I unplug the hp c4280 all in one printer and then reconnect the
printer to the same usb that I unplugged from I have to reinstall my printer,
not completely but I have to run the install cd. What resolves are there to
this issue?????
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pip


"huwyngr" wrote:

> In article <D2A964EE-DD6F-486D-B387-EB09265B5F5B RemoveThis @microsoft.com>, Bssgrl wrote:
>
> > I have tried everything possible to get my HP PSC 500 to work with Vista, I
> > had no problems with XP. The driver is there, but it presents an error when I
> > go to print.
>
> Both XP and VISTA have drivers "in the box"
>
> If you want help here, start by telling us what version of VISTA you have (Home
> editions do not have Fax & Scan) and exactly what the error message said.
>
> You say you cannot Print -- can you fax or scan?
>
> The people can try to help you.
>
> Also read the instructions on the HP website on how to get the device
> operational in VISTA:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00808543&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
> &product=58710&lang=en
>
>

I can print,scan and copy the issue is having to reinstall everytime I unlpug.
--
pip


"pip" wrote:

> I have a toshiba laptop( satellite a200) and am running vista home basic.
> Every time I unplug the hp c4280 all in one printer and then reconnect the
> printer to the same usb that I unplugged from I have to reinstall my printer,
> not completely but I have to run the install cd. What resolves are there to
> this issue?????
> --
> pip
>
>
> "huwyngr" wrote:
>
> > In article <D2A964EE-DD6F-486D-B387-EB09265B5F5B RemoveThis @microsoft.com>, Bssgrl wrote:
> >
> > > I have tried everything possible to get my HP PSC 500 to work with Vista, I
> > > had no problems with XP. The driver is there, but it presents an error when I
> > > go to print.
> >
> > Both XP and VISTA have drivers "in the box"
> >
> > If you want help here, start by telling us what version of VISTA you have (Home
> > editions do not have Fax & Scan) and exactly what the error message said.
> >
> > You say you cannot Print -- can you fax or scan?
> >
> > The people can try to help you.
> >
> > Also read the instructions on the HP website on how to get the device
> > operational in VISTA:
> >
> > http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00808543&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
> > &product=58710&lang=en
> >
> >

I'm getting lost -- are you bessgrl that I was dealing with?

Vista has lots & lots of complication.one should be patint while using it.