Printer installation

I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
find the driver, when it is on the cd.
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Frank

What printer?

Vista specific drivers?

USB connection?

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"Franknhfl" <> wrote in message
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>I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
> find the driver, when it is on the cd.
> --
> Frank

Franknhfl,

I have no idea what printer you have, so the following is a shot in the dark:

Perhaps you have a USB device driver recognition issue that can be resolved
by deleting the INFCACHE.1 file. It can get corrupted with bad data and
cause issues like you MAY have. The file is located at: C:\Windows\inf.
There, scroll down to the INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select
delete. To do this, you will likely have to give yourself permission to
delete it, because of Windows built-in security. Just right click the file,
select Properties and then click on the security tab. Let us know whether
this procedure does anything. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. It
does no harm to delete that file, even when it has nothing to do with the
problem. Post back on results.
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freddy


"Franknhfl" wrote:

> I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
> find the driver, when it is on the cd.
> --
> Frank

It is Lexmark z1480
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Frank


"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> What printer?
>
> Vista specific drivers?
>
> USB connection?
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Franknhfl" <> wrote in message
> news:E0CA1404-F189-41F8-B835-...
> >I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
> > find the driver, when it is on the cd.
> > --
> > Frank
>
>

http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...&searchLang=en

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"Franknhfl" <> wrote in message
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> It is Lexmark z1480
> --
> Frank
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> What printer?
>>
>> Vista specific drivers?
>>
>> USB connection?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Franknhfl" <> wrote in message
>> news:E0CA1404-F189-41F8-B835-...
>> >I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
>> > find the driver, when it is on the cd.
>> > --
>> > Frank
>>
>>

I tried your fix and did not help. I am trying to install a z515 Lexmark, a
simple printer. I got the driver from Lexmark. It sees the printer when i
START THE computer but during the install it can not find it. Says plug it
into USB which it is pluged in.
--
Frank


"freddy" wrote:

> Franknhfl,
>
> I have no idea what printer you have, so the following is a shot in the dark:
>
> Perhaps you have a USB device driver recognition issue that can be resolved
> by deleting the INFCACHE.1 file. It can get corrupted with bad data and
> cause issues like you MAY have. The file is located at: C:\Windows\inf.
> There, scroll down to the INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select
> delete. To do this, you will likely have to give yourself permission to
> delete it, because of Windows built-in security. Just right click the file,
> select Properties and then click on the security tab. Let us know whether
> this procedure does anything. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. It
> does no harm to delete that file, even when it has nothing to do with the
> problem. Post back on results.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Franknhfl" wrote:
>
> > I can not install any printer with vista, It comes back and says it can not
> > find the driver, when it is on the cd.
> > --
> > Frank