Unable to install printers

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When I click on "add a printer" I get a message "operation could not be
completed". If I click on "Add hardware" icon in control panel, nothing
happens. If I go into computer management and select device manager, there
are no devices.

I need to install a printer. This is a recent xp install and I am quite
puzzeled.

Jerry

 

[Guest]

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Try running the system file checker to repair any corrupted files. Go to
Start>Run and type in the Open box:
sfc /scannow
Don't forget the space before /.

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"cleanchutes" <cleanchutes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE0EDEA1-D3D8-40C5-9DE1-4A0A614B686F@microsoft.com...
> When I click on "add a printer" I get a message "operation could not be
> completed". If I click on "Add hardware" icon in control panel, nothing
> happens. If I go into computer management and select device manager,
> there
> are no devices.
>
> I need to install a printer. This is a recent xp install and I am quite
> puzzeled.
>
> Jerry

 

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"=?Utf-8?B?Y2xlYW5jaHV0ZXM=?=" <cleanchutes@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:EE0EDEA1-D3D8-40C5-9DE1-4A0A614B686F@microsoft.com:

> When I click on "add a printer" I get a message "operation could not
> be completed". If I click on "Add hardware" icon in control panel,
> nothing happens. If I go into computer management and select device
> manager, there are no devices.
>
> I need to install a printer. This is a recent xp install and I am
> quite puzzeled.
>
> Jerry

if its a local usb printer, you usually install the software that came with
it, then plug it into the usb port.

 

[Guest]

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Since nobody else has asked it, here's the obvious question. Are
you logged on with an account that has administrative privileges?

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Nepatsfan
"cleanchutes" <cleanchutes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
news:EE0EDEA1-D3D8-40C5-9DE1-4A0A614B686F@microsoft.com...
> When I click on "add a printer" I get a message "operation
> could not be
> completed". If I click on "Add hardware" icon in control
> panel, nothing
> happens. If I go into computer management and select device
> manager, there
> are no devices.
>
> I need to install a printer. This is a recent xp install and I
> am quite
> puzzeled.
>
> Jerry