Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Right my Laoptop runs Vista Basic and I've only ever used it to browse the internet now I need to print off various documents and none of my printers in the house are compatibale....not even the Lexmark Z738 that came free with the lap top.
It says on the box its Vista compatible yet no matter how many drivers I download from Lexmark.com it just wont work.
I'm about ready to go shoot someone over this as nothing I have is compatible with Vista whether it be Nero to actual office software!!!
Quite tempted to go back to XP
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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do any printers show when you go to my computer?
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Mo
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Bolton, Drives Q3 S-line +
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uninstall the printer software/drivers. unplug printer. restart pc. then plug and play. only insert the driver when it asks for it 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Vista doesnt need printer drivers
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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If you can't get it to work with your printer then you will have to force it to use XP drivers lik I have to with my HP. I install the drivers using the update drivers option on the Device Manager using the decompressed files I have downloaded and have opened into a temporary folder.
Though as your printer is supposedly Vista ready then it should actually work using the drivers from Windows Update, or using no additional drivers at all.
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Mo
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Bolton, Drives Q3 S-line +
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i'm only going off what i did to get a router to work on vista. i made the mistake of install the aoftware first then trying to get it to work. was told just to let it plug and play.
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simon179
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Registered: 6th Aug 07
Location: southport
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simple dont buy lexmark 
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Mo
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Bolton, Drives Q3 S-line +
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Originally posted by Fad
Right my Laoptop runs Vista Basic and I've only ever used it to browse the internet now I need to print off various documents and none of my printers in the house are compatibale....not even the Lexmark Z738 that came free with the lap top.
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