"Arlen Holder" wrote in message
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Is anyone else experiencing that the WindowsUpdate button for legacy
printers has been dead for weeks?
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_windowsupdate001.jpg

This is a fully activated legit installation where, for weeks, the Windows
update button in the printer settings has been coming up with this error:
Select Device:
Windows was unable to get a list of devices from Windows Update.
Please try again later.

Start Settings Devices Printers & scanners Add a printer or
scanner
Searching for printers and scanners The printer that I want isn't listed
Find a printer by other options
My printer is a little older. Help me find it Next
Searching for available printers... HP LasterJet 2100 Series Next
Install the printer driver [Windows Update]
Windows was unable to get a list of devices from Windows Update.
Please try again later.

Even on Win10 system which already has the printer drivers installed, if I
go through the same [Windows Update] sequence, I get the same error:
Windows was unable to get a list of devices from Windows Update.
Please try again later.

BTW, even with the legacy printer working on another Windows 10, there
just
never seems to be a way to easily archive legacy printer drivers, after
the
fact (and before you say it, DD DoubleDriver and DriveBack do NOT archive
printer drivers!).

I need to install a legacy printer on a new Win10 system.
Anyone have a working solution?
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_windowsupdate001.jpg

This was a problem that harkens back to at least early Win7 days. The way I
got around it then (and occasionally now) was to use the Windows Update
Catalog site:
http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

Here's a link for how to use it for those who haven't been there befo
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166

HTH
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SC Tom