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wrote in :

When I click on "add a printer" I get a message "operation could not
be completed". If I click on "Add hardware" icon in control panel,
nothing happens. If I go into computer management and select device
manager, there are no devices.

I need to install a printer. This is a recent xp install and I am
quite puzzeled.

Jerry

if its a local usb printer, you usually install the software that came with
it, then plug it into the usb port.