Printer drivers

[jdeath]

hi, a friend uninstalled windows xp from my pc and installed a version of windows 7.now my pc wont recognise my printer,scanner,or phone .i only gave it to him to do a general clean up of the pc,as i was happy with windows xp should i just get windows 7 uninstalled and put xp back on?.i have the xp installation disk.if i put the installation disk into pc the installation wizard offers an option to save data from "old" computer.will i be able to use this option to save my photos,favorites etc?

 

[yasir siddiqui]

are you telling about my documents folder?

 

[yasir siddiqui]

download printer driver and install manually.

 

[chriscornell]

By all means keep Windows 7!

Try going to Windows Update settings and check the box "Give me recommended updates the same way as I receive important updates. If windows doesn't find the drivers then, update your USB drivers and Google your device drivers manually.

 

[jdeath]

download printer driver and install manually.

hi all,have tried to download drivers,and have also tried to install the drivers from original discs that came with printer etc,but wont install

 

[chriscornell]

What is the name and model of your printer? It could be that it's too old and therefore not supported by Windows 7

 

[jdeath]

What is the name and model of your printer? It could be that it's too old and therefore not supported by Windows 7

its an epson r200
scanner is hp scanjet 2400
phone is samsung galaxy ace

 

[chriscornell]

Printer driver is built in to Windows 7:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&noteoid=147071&type=highlights

Scanner driver can be found here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=297430#N164

Phone driver here:
http://www.all-samsungphones.com/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830-driver-download.html/

If these doesn't work - USB or Plug and Play functionality is faulty

 

[jdeath]

thanks chris,ill give it another try,but seems like the version of windows 7 installed here wont recognise any drivers.

 

[chriscornell]

When Windows prompts you with the question to either browse the computer for a driver or go on the internet, browse and specify the driver location manually (after downloading the drivers that is).

As for the printer, if Windows doesn't recognize it, switch USB-port and see if it helps. It should be Plug & Play.