Posted: 3/11/2007 10:55:31 AM EDT
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Sorry if this has already been asked before but I got a question about Vista. Why can't I install my printer on Vista? We bought our son a new HP computer with Vista installed. I want to install a LexMark Z715 printer on my sons computer but Vista won't allow it to operate. The printer is maybe 2 or 3 years old but rarely used so it's like new. Is there a patch or upgrade to Vista? |
MSFT and HP not playing well together? Imagine that! 
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From what I've heard, there aren't a whole hell of a lot of drivers out there for 3rd party equipment that is Vista-friendly. Hopefully, that'll change in due time, when the 3rd party OEMs (i.e. Lexmark) write drivers that work with Vista. I'll be keeping XP, thank you. |
If the driver is not installing it's probably using an older installer that needs admin rights to install.. Vista won't allow a program to run that requires admin rights without it first asking Vista(and then getting approval from the user). You can get around this pretty easy, but then a stupid bubble pops up at start up with a security message  One of the million reasons I'm sticking with XP for now.. |
That bubble can be disabled in your security settings section. +1 on using an old driver. I used Windows XP and 2000 drivers in Vista for some things that Vista did not detect. In the end I got fed up with all the fluff and went back to XP. |
Now that I didn't know.. I've only dabbled with it a bit, don't do that shit for a living any more(thankfully) so it's not important that I learn it 
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Yup. Took me a while to find it while I was Beta Testing Vista. Go into Security Center. Click the "Change The Way Security Center Alerts Me" link. Choose the option to not display the alert or show the icon. |
