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More info?)
In fairness, this may have nothing directly to do with Microsoft,
although why the original corruption occurred is up in the air right now.
Epson can actually use some less than orthodox methods of driver
installation, and some of their drivers aren't properly registered for
XP to avoid XP from trying to install it's in box drivers.
Also, even with the XP drivers installed, usually you can install Epson
drivers and make them the default drivers without conflicts.
However, you'll notice that Eposn has a set procedure for driver
installation to try to get around XP's attempts to install its drivers,
which, if followed, usually work fine.
Art
RSD99 wrote:
> "Larry" <josephlbeattie@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns96BC4A0B6EC51larrybeattieshawca@64.59.144.76...
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>>Arthur Entlich <e-printerhelp@mvps.org> wrote in
>>news:TRTOe.297024$5V4.146429@pd7tw3no:
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>>>What drivers did XP install? If they were the inbox versions, it may
>>>have a limited instruction set, which may mean the ink monitor is
>>>missing.
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>>>It seems you may need to try to install the proper Epson drivers,
>>>using the instructions Epson provided with the printer. Epson usually
>>>warns against allowing XP to install it's driver set, and canceling
>>>the "new hardware found" and instead installing the Epson drivers from
>>>the provided did, or from newer downloaded driver installation files.
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>>>Epson may need to provide you with some help with a list of all files
>>>needed to remove to start with a clean install.
>>>
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>>Don't know which drivers XP installed - but it works. Epson so far has
>>given me standard replies. I have downloaded the latest file from their
>>site. Terribly frustrating and will probably lead to a new printer.
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>>Larry
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> The question is not "academic," the drivers supplied with Windows XP are
> semi-crippled. Uninstall the driver supplied by the Windows XP
> installation, and install the driver from Epson's web site.
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> You posted "... Terribly frustrating and will probably lead to a new
> printer ... "
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> You can probably blame Micro$crew for that ... not Epson. You don't need to
> get a new printer to fix a problem with bad printer driver software.
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