Cannot Add a Printer?

[Art]

After trying all I can find about this problem at the Windows Knowledge Base
I am NW at a point were I click Add a printer and I get Operation could not
be completed...

Is there anyone in this NG that tell me how I install and use a printer I've
been using all along with 98Se, in XP. Should I just back XP out? Do a
complete NEW Install instead of UPGRADE?

Anyone...Help....

[Mary Sauer]

"Operation Could Not Be Completed" Error Message When You Use the Add Printer Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q314876
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"Art" > wrote in message
t...
> After trying all I can find about this problem at the Windows Knowledge Base
> I am NW at a point were I click Add a printer and I get Operation could not
> be completed...
>
> Is there anyone in this NG that tell me how I install and use a printer I've
> been using all along with 98Se, in XP. Should I just back XP out? Do a
> complete NEW Install instead of UPGRADE?
>
> Anyone...Help....
>
>

[Robert Orleth [MSFT]]

There are a couple more reasons for that message alone, check out Brian
Boston's FAQ in this newsgroup:
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7) When I click "Add Printer", nothing happens at all or I receive an
"Operation could not be completed" error message.

In case you have LanTastic installed, navigate to the %windir%\system32
folder and replace printui.dll with mprintui.dll (mprintui.dll is the
original version that the LanTastic installer replaces with its own
version). printui.dll is the system component hosting the Add Printer
Wizard.

If you receive this error and do not have LanTastic installed, one of the
system DLLs that are needed for the Add Printer Wizard to work may be
missing or have been replaced by another file. You will need to restore the
old file:

1. Open the command line
2. Click on Start, then Run and type "cmd" and press enter or click "OK".
3. At the "C:\>" prompt, type "sfc /scannow" to run the system file
protection scanner. This may prompt you for the Windows CD to restore the
original file versions.
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Personally, I would always recommend a clean install over an upgrade from
Win9x. Depends on how much stuff is installed and what - the more you have,
the more likely something doesn't work as expected.

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"Mary Sauer" > wrote in message
...
> "Operation Could Not Be Completed" Error Message When You Use the Add
Printer Wizard
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q314876
> --
> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> "Art" > wrote in message
> t...
> > After trying all I can find about this problem at the Windows Knowledge
Base
> > I am NW at a point were I click Add a printer and I get Operation could
not
> > be completed...
> >
> > Is there anyone in this NG that tell me how I install and use a printer
I've
> > been using all along with 98Se, in XP. Should I just back XP out? Do a
> > complete NEW Install instead of UPGRADE?
> >
> > Anyone...Help....
> >
> >
>
>