Vista USB Printer install issue

>Well, i had high hopes that installing printers on Vista would work
>better than previous version of windows but as it turns out it is
>worse!
>
>I have an HP P2015dn printer. I hooked it up to my Vista enterprise
>machine via usb and it was recognized. The wizard took me to a point
>where it was asking for the driver disk. I dont have the disk so i
>decided to hit "Cancell" so that it would be recognized and take me to
>the same prompt in the near future after i had gotten the cd or
>downloaded the drivers.
>
>I got the cd, plugged in the printer again and this time it says USB
>Device not recognized. I thought "OK" i will just go to the printers
>control panel and install from there. Well wouldnt you know, you cant
>autodetect a usb printer from the printers control panel. It says "USB
>printers will be auto installed when you plug them in"
>
>I went to device manager and removed all usb items including the
>"unknown device" and rebooted. still no go.
>
>Anyone know how i can clean up the machine to restore it so that the
>printer is recognized as a printer again? Or how can i do a manual
>install of a usb printer?

> Well, i had high hopes that installing printers on Vista would work
> better than previous version of windows but as it turns out it is
> worse!
>
> I have an HP P2015dn printer. I hooked it up to my Vista enterprise
> machine via usb and it was recognized. The wizard took me to a point
> where it was asking for the driver disk. I dont have the disk so i
> decided to hit "Cancell" so that it would be recognized and take me to
> the same prompt in the near future after i had gotten the cd or
> downloaded the drivers.
>
> I got the cd, plugged in the printer again and this time it says USB
> Device not recognized. I thought "OK" i will just go to the printers
> control panel and install from there. Well wouldnt you know, you cant
> autodetect a usb printer from the printers control panel. It says "USB
> printers will be auto installed when you plug them in"
>
> I went to device manager and removed all usb items including the
> "unknown device" and rebooted. still no go.
>
> Anyone know how i can clean up the machine to restore it so that the
> printer is recognized as a printer again? Or how can i do a manual
> install of a usb printer?
>

>
> Try these steps:
>
> 1. Update the chipset drivers.
> 2. Make sure the print spooler service is running.
> 3. All the firewalls should be disabled or you can add an exception
> later.
> 4. Start the install wizard.
> 5. Connect the USB cable to system when the setup would ask for it.
>
> Make sure that the printer drivers are not already installed.
>
>
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> tanuj_chadha
>
> Tanuj
>
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