Is Media Center Edition an 64-bit program?

[Guest]

I just got a new printer, an HP LJ1020, which (alas) is not supported by my
Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition. I'm trying to sign up with HP
for driver updates that they promise to notify my about but don't know
whether to sign up for Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Professional
x64. Whatever advice you can give is appreciated.

The only information I get when I go to System Information on my Dell
Inspiron 6000 is that it's running Windows XP Media Center Edition Version
2002 Service Pack 2. I may be dim, but I still don't know whether that's
64-bit.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I just got a new printer, an HP LJ1020, which (alas) is not supported by my
Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition.

Why? Didn't the printer come with a CD containing the necessary
drivers? If not, go back to the store and tell them that the box was
missing things.

I'm trying to sign up with HP
for driver updates that they promise to notify my about but don't know
whether to sign up for Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Professional
x64. Whatever advice you can give is appreciated.

There's no need to sign up for any notifications of driver updates.
The WinXP drivers for that printer are already readily available on HP's
web site:

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers

Simply enter "laserjet 1020" in the search field and click the little
button with the chevrons.

The only information I get when I go to System Information on my Dell
Inspiron 6000 is that it's running Windows XP Media Center Edition Version
2002 Service Pack 2. I may be dim, but I still don't know whether that's
64-bit.

There is no 64-bit version of WinXP MCE. Any device drivers that work
on WinXP Home or the 32-bit version of WinXP Pro should work on WinXP MCE.

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


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[Guest]

Dear Bruce,
Many thanks for your prompt help.

The 1020 did come with a disk, but when I was running the installation
program I got a stern Windows warning that the device or the software had not
been Windows approved and so might not operate correctly. I assumed this was
because it didn't have the right drivers but didn't know that for sure and
nothing in HP forums seemed to address this issue. I did find there that the
1020 was not supported by 64-bit XP and that they were working on providing a
driver for it so I thought this might be the problem. Maybe I'll just try
again, as well as looking at the hp forum you directed me too.

 

[Jim]

I just got a new printer, an HP LJ1020, which (alas) is not supported by my
Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition. I'm trying to sign up with
HP
for driver updates that they promise to notify my about but don't know
whether to sign up for Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Professional
x64. Whatever advice you can give is appreciated.

The only information I get when I go to System Information on my Dell
Inspiron 6000 is that it's running Windows XP Media Center Edition Version
2002 Service Pack 2. I may be dim, but I still don't know whether that's
64-bit.

It is a 32 bit machine.
Jim

 

[Icerat]

If all your getting is a warning that the device or the software had not
been Windows approved and so might not operate correctly your probably
find there win2k drivers and will work with no problems at all.

I have a few pieces of hardware that do the same when i install them on
a fresh install, I've had no ill effect at all from clicking continue
anyway.

If worse comes to worse just SR (system Restore) back to before the install.

Good luck

Mike

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Dear Bruce,
Many thanks for your prompt help.

You're welcome.

The 1020 did come with a disk, but when I was running the installation
program I got a stern Windows warning that the device or the software had not
been Windows approved and so might not operate correctly. I assumed this was
because it didn't have the right drivers but didn't know that for sure and
nothing in HP forums seemed to address this issue.

Actually, all that warning means is that HP didn't hadn't sent the
drivers to Microsoft (and paid Microsoft) for testing, so that Microsoft
would grant their "seal of approval." You'll find a great many device
drivers cause this same, unnecessarily alarmist and often misleading
"warning" to appear.



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