Checkpoint: In the Device Manager Unhide Hidden Devices in the Device
Manager, view the problem devices and remove them manually from there.
Added info:
This workaround is for an HP Printer, use accordingly:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard starts at startup of the computer,
click <next>.
2. When it asks you for the HP disk, (the next thing that will require a
response from you probably), click <ok>. However, do NOT insert the disk
into your CD-ROM drive.
3. On the next screen that comes up, there will be a button that is already
highlighted telling the wizard where to find the printer driver (which is
what it is looking for). This button will be pointing it at "other media,
CD-ROM,etc.
The trick is to DESELECT this button. At that point, the button for your C:
drive will become active and you can select the C: drive. It will also
probably be prompting you with the location for the already installed HP
printer driver that is somewhere on your C: drive. (If not, you need to
click browse and locate the driver).
4. After you have deselected the CDROM and selected the C: drive, click
<ok> (or <next>) The Wizard then makes a second copy of your printer driver
(and, by the way, creates a second "installed printer" in your Control
Panel/Printers). And then, the wizard finally completes and tells you that
you have successfully installed the new hardware.
5. On subsequent startup, the Wizard should then NOT run.
From a previous post/reply:
I just installed an HP 960cse on XP Pro using USB. I had a weird problem,
where it kept finding and trying to install the device, saying "access
denied". I found that putting the install disk in the computer, running the
"remove software" command, and then plugging in the printer and letting xp
do the install fixed the permissions problems.
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
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