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re: driver trouble
Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 4:31 pm
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Posted by rob (711 messages posted)


Hi jack, thanks for replying - it turns out system was an ME upgrade from 98. That was causing the problem.


On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 9:37 pm, Jack Gulley wrote:
>

Have you used the Browse button option to locate the printer install folder on
>the disk drive with the unlocated module and have it try again.
>

Normally printer install packages like these first create a temporary or install
>folder and extract all of these files in it. Third party ZIP programs that might
>be installed sometimes fail to create the correct folder structure. Sometimes you
>have to remind the install program where this folder is that the printer install
>package created, as Windows only knows where its own install folders are located.
>Worse, some of the printer install packages are so bad, they don't place some of
>their drivers in the correct folder because they are trying to support more than
>one operating system and don't test it very well on the different systems. With
>these you have to look around in their install folder and try several different locations
>within it.


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re: driver trouble (Jack Gulley: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 9:37 pm)

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-driver trouble (rob: Tue, Feb 15, 2005, 4:30 pm)
-re: driver trouble (Jack Gulley: Tue, Feb 15, 2005, 9:37 pm)
*re: driver trouble (rob: Tue, Mar 1, 2005, 4:31 pm)
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