Vista keeps reinstalling pinter...

[gmaof3]

I have an HP4200 series all in one at home and the same printer at work. I
use a laptop with Vista Home Premeium 32 bit. Most of the time my computer
tries to reinstall the printer when I move from one printer to the other, or
if I disconnect from one of the printers and then reconnect, it does the same
thing- tries to
reinstall. Sometimes I end up with 3 or more copies of the same printer being
installed.

I've deleted the printers and the printer files and downloaded the latest
drivers. That seemed to make a difference for a while, but now it wants to
reinstall when I connect to the printer.

When I disconnect from a printer, I usually just unplug the USB cable. I
have a feeling I should be doing something differently...

Any ideas? Is this a Vista issue or an HP issue?

 

[Andrew Rossmann]

I have an HP4200 series all in one at home and the same printer at work. I
use a laptop with Vista Home Premeium 32 bit. Most of the time my computer
tries to reinstall the printer when I move from one printer to the other, or
if I disconnect from one of the printers and then reconnect, it does the same
thing- tries to
reinstall. Sometimes I end up with 3 or more copies of the same printer being
installed.

I've deleted the printers and the printer files and downloaded the latest
drivers. That seemed to make a difference for a while, but now it wants to
reinstall when I connect to the printer.

When I disconnect from a printer, I usually just unplug the USB cable. I
have a feeling I should be doing something differently...

Any ideas? Is this a Vista issue or an HP issue?

It's probably something with those particular drivers, or something with
your setup. Do you use the same USB port for each printer?

I often disconnect my printer to swap between my work (Win2K) and home
(Vista) computers and don't have any problems.

 

[RaisingAlexis]

I have the same problem whenever I unplug my HP 6210 all=in=one. This issue
seems to be happening only for HP printers from what I see posted in this
forum.

 

[pip]

Are there any resolves for this hp all in one issue when you unplugg from a
laptop??????

 

[Ebs]

yup same thing happens to be all the time and mines is a HP printer ive just
gotten used to reinstalling the drivers but i dont understand why it is doing
it in the first place. it didnt use to. if there is anyone out there who can
help please do. thanks