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Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message

Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

You can try the XP drivers for it, but I can't guarantee it will work and it could even possibly make more harm than good, but it's worth a shot. In the past, HP does a bad job about drivers in my opinion. (Especially the Photosmart printers like the one you have.) My mom has the Photosmart P1100 (basically the same printer) and it has always been a nightmare for driver installation even back when Windows 98 was around. The instructions for one were wrong and it didn't really work right for another year until HP released updated drivers for Windows 98. We called HP once to get it set up, and even with them, it took three hours on the phone for them to finally figure it out. (Yes, three hours on the phone long-distance with HP.) Thank goodness they sent us a phone card for all that time. Windows ME was even worse to set up. XP was the easiest, but the drivers still weren't the greatest and we even had to reinstall the driver for it once when out of the blue, the printer would not print anymore. Some of HP's all-in-ones also are having problems with Vista right now. Those photosmarts are fairly popular printers, so I would hope that HP would be making Vista drivers eventually, but otherwise, my parents will have to get a new printer (probably a Canon) when and if they decide to upgrade to Vista. That Photosmart is built well mechanically (except it occasionally eats two sheets of paper at once instead of 1), it's just that HP has trouble making good, quality drivers for it. My mom uses that printer to death and has since day one. I wouldn't buy a new HP printer seeing how thin and flimsy the plastic is on them now - even my mom agrees. I had an HP Deskjet 3420 for 9 months before it quit already. It had cartridge cradle problems and then one day, when I got done printing a document, I heard a snap noise and it never worked again. (The cartridges would no longer slide back and forth. It was a small, cheap, plastic piece that broke because we tore the printer apart to see what was wrong.) I then went looking up on CNET, and found many people complaining about the same thing happening to their printer as what happened to mine - many more experiencing the same problem before I did. I immediately bought a Canon after that. I guess I should quit voicing my opinion as I'm sure others will disagree. "Richard Urban" wrote in message

HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

I have an HP 7760 - won't work with Vista - I agree on the HP driver situation - not good. My HP4+ is working fine - I think it has been with me since Windows 95<G> - excellent machine.
"Travis King" wrote in message You can try the XP drivers for it, but I can't guarantee it will work and it could even possibly make more harm than good, but it's worth a shot. In the past, HP does a bad job about drivers in my opinion. (Especially the Photosmart printers like the one you have.) My mom has the Photosmart P1100 (basically the same printer) and it has always been a nightmare for driver installation even back when Windows 98 was around. The instructions for one were wrong and it didn't really work right for another year until HP released updated drivers for Windows 98. We called HP once to get it set up, and even with them, it took three hours on the phone for them to finally figure it out. (Yes, three hours on the phone long-distance with HP.) Thank goodness they sent us a phone card for all that time. Windows ME was even worse to set up. XP was the easiest, but the drivers still weren't the greatest and we even had to reinstall the driver for it once when out of the blue, the printer would not print anymore. Some of HP's all-in-ones also are having problems with Vista right now. Those photosmarts are fairly popular printers, so I would hope that HP would be making Vista drivers eventually, but otherwise, my parents will have to get a new printer (probably a Canon) when and if they decide to upgrade to Vista. That Photosmart is built well mechanically (except it occasionally eats two sheets of paper at once instead of 1), it's just that HP has trouble making good, quality drivers for it. My mom uses that printer to death and has since day one. I wouldn't buy a new HP printer seeing how thin and flimsy the plastic is on them now - even my mom agrees. I had an HP Deskjet 3420 for 9 months before it quit already. It had cartridge cradle problems and then one day, when I got done printing a document, I heard a snap noise and it never worked again. (The cartridges would no longer slide back and forth. It was a small, cheap, plastic piece that broke because we tore the printer apart to see what was wrong.) I then went looking up on CNET, and found many people complaining about the same thing happening to their printer as what happened to mine - many more experiencing the same problem before I did. I immediately bought a Canon after that. I guess I should quit voicing my opinion as I'm sure others will disagree. "Richard Urban" wrote in message

HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

Funny you should mention that. The one printer I have had for over ten years (an HP 4) is the only one that every single of edition of Windows has had the right driver for out of the box.
"Bill" wrote in message

I have an HP 7760 - won't work with Vista - I agree on the HP driver situation - not good. My HP4+ is working fine - I think it has been with me since Windows 95<G> - excellent machine.
"Travis King" wrote in message You can try the XP drivers for it, but I can't guarantee it will work and it could even possibly make more harm than good, but it's worth a shot. In the past, HP does a bad job about drivers in my opinion. (Especially the Photosmart printers like the one you have.) My mom has the Photosmart P1100 (basically the same printer) and it has always been a nightmare for driver installation even back when Windows 98 was around. The instructions for one were wrong and it didn't really work right for another year until HP released updated drivers for Windows 98. We called HP once to get it set up, and even with them, it took three hours on the phone for them to finally figure it out. (Yes, three hours on the phone long-distance with HP.) Thank goodness they sent us a phone card for all that time. Windows ME was even worse to set up. XP was the easiest, but the drivers still weren't the greatest and we even had to reinstall the driver for it once when out of the blue, the printer would not print anymore. Some of HP's all-in-ones also are having problems with Vista right now. Those photosmarts are fairly popular printers, so I would hope that HP would be making Vista drivers eventually, but otherwise, my parents will have to get a new printer (probably a Canon) when and if they decide to upgrade to Vista. That Photosmart is built well mechanically (except it occasionally eats two sheets of paper at once instead of 1), it's just that HP has trouble making good, quality drivers for it. My mom uses that printer to death and has since day one. I wouldn't buy a new HP printer seeing how thin and flimsy the plastic is on them now - even my mom agrees. I had an HP Deskjet 3420 for 9 months before it quit already. It had cartridge cradle problems and then one day, when I got done printing a document, I heard a snap noise and it never worked again. (The cartridges would no longer slide back and forth. It was a small, cheap, plastic piece that broke because we tore the printer apart to see what was wrong.) I then went looking up on CNET, and found many people complaining about the same thing happening to their printer as what happened to mine - many more experiencing the same problem before I did. I immediately bought a Canon after that. I guess I should quit voicing my opinion as I'm sure others will disagree. "Richard Urban" wrote in message HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

Colin,
I've had mine a long time too - I just printed a self test report and found I have printed 35620 pages - that's a lot of pages. I did about 15,000 one day when the printer at work died and I had to get some reports done - it was a long day. If the HP4+ ever dies, I may have to go with it :o(
The 7760 works fine in XP - but it and Vista don't play well together.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Funny you should mention that. The one printer I have had for over ten years (an HP 4) is the only one that every single of edition of Windows has had the right driver for out of the box.
"Bill" wrote in message

I have an HP 7760 - won't work with Vista - I agree on the HP driver situation - not good. My HP4+ is working fine - I think it has been with me since Windows 95<G> - excellent machine.
"Travis King" wrote in message You can try the XP drivers for it, but I can't guarantee it will work and it could even possibly make more harm than good, but it's worth a shot. In the past, HP does a bad job about drivers in my opinion. (Especially the Photosmart printers like the one you have.) My mom has the Photosmart P1100 (basically the same printer) and it has always been a nightmare for driver installation even back when Windows 98 was around. The instructions for one were wrong and it didn't really work right for another year until HP released updated drivers for Windows 98. We called HP once to get it set up, and even with them, it took three hours on the phone for them to finally figure it out. (Yes, three hours on the phone long-distance with HP.) Thank goodness they sent us a phone card for all that time. Windows ME was even worse to set up. XP was the easiest, but the drivers still weren't the greatest and we even had to reinstall the driver for it once when out of the blue, the printer would not print anymore. Some of HP's all-in-ones also are having problems with Vista right now. Those photosmarts are fairly popular printers, so I would hope that HP would be making Vista drivers eventually, but otherwise, my parents will have to get a new printer (probably a Canon) when and if they decide to upgrade to Vista. That Photosmart is built well mechanically (except it occasionally eats two sheets of paper at once instead of 1), it's just that HP has trouble making good, quality drivers for it. My mom uses that printer to death and has since day one. I wouldn't buy a new HP printer seeing how thin and flimsy the plastic is on them now - even my mom agrees. I had an HP Deskjet 3420 for 9 months before it quit already. It had cartridge cradle problems and then one day, when I got done printing a document, I heard a snap noise and it never worked again. (The cartridges would no longer slide back and forth. It was a small, cheap, plastic piece that broke because we tore the printer apart to see what was wrong.) I then went looking up on CNET, and found many people complaining about the same thing happening to their printer as what happened to mine - many more experiencing the same problem before I did. I immediately bought a Canon after that. I guess I should quit voicing my opinion as I'm sure others will disagree. "Richard Urban" wrote in message HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?

Thanks guys, I'll try mailing HP and see if they have any fix for this. I really like my Ps 1000 and would be loathe to send it to the knackers yard, after all I am only evaluating vista. Mind you, saying that I have just gone back to xp pro on my pC (have vista on my laptop) and it looks as dull as ditchwater in comparison to vista. "Bill" wrote in message

Colin,
I've had mine a long time too - I just printed a self test report and found I have printed 35620 pages - that's a lot of pages. I did about 15,000 one day when the printer at work died and I had to get some reports done - it was a long day. If the HP4+ ever dies, I may have to go with it :o(
The 7760 works fine in XP - but it and Vista don't play well together.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Funny you should mention that. The one printer I have had for over ten years (an HP 4) is the only one that every single of edition of Windows has had the right driver for out of the box.
"Bill" wrote in message I have an HP 7760 - won't work with Vista - I agree on the HP driver situation - not good. My HP4+ is working fine - I think it has been with me since Windows 95<G> - excellent machine.
"Travis King" wrote in message You can try the XP drivers for it, but I can't guarantee it will work and it could even possibly make more harm than good, but it's worth a shot. In the past, HP does a bad job about drivers in my opinion. (Especially the Photosmart printers like the one you have.) My mom has the Photosmart P1100 (basically the same printer) and it has always been a nightmare for driver installation even back when Windows 98 was around. The instructions for one were wrong and it didn't really work right for another year until HP released updated drivers for Windows 98. We called HP once to get it set up, and even with them, it took three hours on the phone for them to finally figure it out. (Yes, three hours on the phone long-distance with HP.) Thank goodness they sent us a phone card for all that time. Windows ME was even worse to set up. XP was the easiest, but the drivers still weren't the greatest and we even had to reinstall the driver for it once when out of the blue, the printer would not print anymore. Some of HP's all-in-ones also are having problems with Vista right now. Those photosmarts are fairly popular printers, so I would hope that HP would be making Vista drivers eventually, but otherwise, my parents will have to get a new printer (probably a Canon) when and if they decide to upgrade to Vista. That Photosmart is built well mechanically (except it occasionally eats two sheets of paper at once instead of 1), it's just that HP has trouble making good, quality drivers for it. My mom uses that printer to death and has since day one. I wouldn't buy a new HP printer seeing how thin and flimsy the plastic is on them now - even my mom agrees. I had an HP Deskjet 3420 for 9 months before it quit already. It had cartridge cradle problems and then one day, when I got done printing a document, I heard a snap noise and it never worked again. (The cartridges would no longer slide back and forth. It was a small, cheap, plastic piece that broke because we tore the printer apart to see what was wrong.) I then went looking up on CNET, and found many people complaining about the same thing happening to their printer as what happened to mine - many more experiencing the same problem before I did. I immediately bought a Canon after that. I guess I should quit voicing my opinion as I'm sure others will disagree. "Richard Urban" wrote in message HP would know. Remember, it took them a year to come out with new drivers when Windows XP was released to the public. Even then they decided that some models were going to be left for dead - no drivers were ever released for those unfortunates that had those printers.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"T5" wrote in message Hi all, I have vista set up on my PC but cannot install my HP Photosmart 1000 printer, is there a work round or driver available for this?