Downloaded the latest driver from Xerox. Didn't try running it as administrator, but the UAC pops up and asks me for permission to install it. Figured the default user is an administrator or is it not?
On Dec 14, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Vivec wrote: > 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:282682 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
