News Microsoft's fix for issue that renamed printers and installed extra utilities requires downloading another utility

[Admin]

Microsoft unveils a new troubleshooter to fix printer drivers from re-writing printer names without warning.

Microsoft's fix for issue that renamed printers and installed extra utilities requires downloading another utility : Read more

 

[Sippincider]

I really hope this new troubleshooter is better than:

Is it plugged in?
Is it turned on?
Please wait while we search the Internet for a solution.
Sorry we were unable to resolve the problem.

(And it drives me UP THE WALL whenever MS needs to have "We" in a fail message. As in a group of you tried and couldn't do it?? 🙄)

 

[waltc3]

I've been installing a new build of Windows 11 approximately each week since the OS was first released on the Insider's beta testing group (well over a year ago), and am now on build 22635.2915. I have an HP Office Jet 8030 on a network I use, and I've never seen this problem even once. I also much prefer HP Smart hands down over the much larger and far more bloated traditional HP drivers and utilities--HP Smart is significantly smaller and far more efficient--which is, I assume, why HP created this utility. I can't fault anyone who sees HP Smart installed sans an HP Printer, of course. But it does make me wonder how much of this is a Microsoft Win11 bug, because I haven't seen it, and how much is UE. Most of the "Win 11 bugs" I've seen written up with the assumption that these are universal bugs everyone on Win11 suffers, I haven't seen, for some reason...😉 I can't think of one, offhand.

 

[HaninTH]

HP Smart is all well and good for end-users, but in a corporate/enterprise environment, it's totally unnecessary and is a hinderance. IT Professionals are paid to make and keep things working, not to beta test HP's lunacy.

HP and the rest of the industry are pointing us towards a road where all software is clearly in alpha/beta stage, will be the standard.

Don't expect to get any actual work done for 2-3 weeks!

 

[Co BIY]

HP Smart is all well and good for end-users, but in a corporate/enterprise environment, it's totally unnecessary and is a hinderance. IT Professionals are paid to make and keep things working, not to beta test HP's lunacy.

HP and the rest of the industry are pointing us towards a road where all software is clearly in alpha/beta stage, will be the standard.

Don't expect to get any actual work done for 2-3 weeks!

My recent experience fighting with HP Printer drivers suggests that their "Pro" drivers are much better than the consumer package.