In most cases, all you have to do to set up a printer is to connect it to your PC. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings , and then tap Change PC settings. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.
Tap or click PC and devices , and then tap or click Devices. If your printer is installed, it should appear under Printers. Click the Start button, and then, on the Start menu, click Devices and Printers. On the Choose a printer port page, make sure that the Use an existing port button and the recommended printer port are selected, and then click Next.
On the Install the printer driver page, select the printer manufacturer and model, and then click Next. If your printer isn't listed, click Windows Update , and then wait while Windows checks for additional drivers. If none are available and you have the installation CD, click Have Disk , and then browse to the folder where the printer driver is located.
For additional help, consult the printer manual. Tip: You can print a test page to make sure the printer is working correctly. If you've installed the printer but it doesn't work, check the manufacturer's website for troubleshooting information or driver updates. If you're trying to add a network printer at the office, you'll usually need the name of the printer. If you can't find it, contact your network administrator.
In the Add Printer wizard, click Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. In the list of available printers, select the one you want to use, and then click Next. If your computer is connected to a network, only printers listed in Active Directory for your domain are displayed in the list. If prompted, install the printer driver on your computer by clicking Install driver. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
Tip: Available printers can include all printers on a network, such as Bluetooth and wireless printers or printers that are plugged into another computer and shared on the network. You might need permission to install some printers.
You can confirm the printer is working by printing a test page. This screen basically means that the install disk can't find the hard drive because it doesnt know what kind of hard disk controller you have.
If you click on the OK button in the "Load Driver" box, are you able to then click the "Next" button in the main "Install Windows" box? I seem to remember running into this problem awhile back when I was installing Windows 7 on an older Dell Precision, because of XP EOL, and was able to just click on through and it continued with the install using generic drivers from the install disk.
It was enough to get it installed and running, and then I went back and installed the correct drivers afterwards. The image you posted does not match the description you gave. Which one is correct? You say it pops up right after setup starts. That seems very strange since it shouldn't look for drivers until after that. Are you sure you didn't get further in to setup the first time you tried this and now it's trying to resume a failed setup?
Are you doing a clean install to a blank hard drive? This can happen when the hard drive was previously in some sort of configuration or some other error occurs. When in the install screen, follow the below steps. Type select volume 1 type whatever volume is the drive you want to install the image on.
For example select volume 2. Im curious, you wouldnt happen to have any USB flash drive or SD card plug in while youre doing this? To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Laplink Software, Inc. Neil Laplink. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. It is definitely a common problem. I have also tried the Vista driver fix, as well as the remarkably stupid as it may seem, I got this desperate jumper switching on the DVD-drive.
I'm trying a second download, but as that's already going to take another 2 hours, I was hoping someone might have come up with a better solution. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be eternally greatful. Monday, October 5, PM.
If you have access to a 4gb thumb drive, create a bootable thumb drive. Method here. Try another optical drive drive. Depending on the chipset that your motherboard uses, you may need to add the Win 7 drivers for it during the install. Sunday, October 11, PM. Hope it helps : Jeff If anyone is helpfull, please click the 'Vote as helpfull' icon. If anyone has answered, please click 'Suggest as answer' at the bottom of the post involved : Thanks. Twisted Mage: Well, I am not the only one having this problem.
If you get a solution, please let me know, as I will do the same for you. This is ridiculous for the installation program to be able to install itself from the installation DVD and then not allow the installation program to continue without a required driver that is part of the installation according to Sony, the manufacturer of my DVD drive.
To rephrase how can it report the driver is missing when it must have used it to install itself. Did the installation program delete the driver after using it or did Microsoft just give us a "BUM" installer?
I hope Microsoft is listening and not just the user community. I won't know because I can't talk to a real person at Microsoft to get an answer to this problem. I have install problems on the action pack 7 Ultimate 64 bit version and have been trying allsorts. I haven't tried that one yet as I can't make the connection as to the relevance of the USB ports.
I have followed all the advice - slowed my machine down and downloaded several copies of the ISO file and burned them at less than 4x speed and verified the burn - I even stepped the burn through the hard drive to slow things even further. I looked back on previous issues with Vista and one chap claimed that burning the ISO file Vista Ultimate 64 corrupted the cab files and that using a virtual drive solved the problem - that's the direction I'm going at present but I need to have confidence in the downloaded ISO file which don't at present.
Come on Microsoft - we know that you are better than this - or are you? Thursday, October 8, AM. There are fixes out there and I have tried them all. I've downloaded it multiple times and mounting the image with Daemon Tools throws up an error claiming that it is a bad Windows image.
That one exhibits the problem stated here. This is a Gateway computer, using an Intel G33 Schroeder motherboard. This will require Intel to issue a new bios for Windows 7 compatibility. Intel's site says they are planning these updates in early ' So, it will be a few months before these computers can be made to run Windows 7. I did make the bootable thumb drive, and even disconnected the DVD entirely.
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