Tried downloading a latest driver version from Xerox? Is there a driver program with a setup.exe or something like that? Do you run that with the Run as Administrator option instead of just double clicking on it?
2008/12/14 Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]>: > So my wife replaced her old eMachine with a brand new Dell Vostro with > Windows Vista installed on it. So far my impression of vista is far > from stellar. First off, and almost understandably, the USB Wireless > adapter is not compatible with it. It's an older model, but really, > how hard is it to make a usb device compatible. Once I replaced that, > it was time to install the printer, a Xerox Phaser 8500. It's listed > as compatible by both Xerox and Microsoft. It's got Vista > drivers...and every time it boots up, the pc recognizes the printer > and says it needs to install drivers. Once you click find driver > automatically, it will churn away for a few minutes and then come back > and say it was unable to install the damn thing. > > Why is this the case. Most times I can through an Ubuntu disk in a pc > and it will find all the devices for you. Macs are just about the > same way. Why is it that windows still suffers from this? > > Pretty certain that I'm going to wipe the install and put xp back on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
