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Printer driver updates via Windows Update?
Hi,
We are using Windows XP Pro sp3 on our corporate domain, Windows 2003. To accomdate networked printer installations so all users can use them I utilize the rundll32 printui.dll command to install the printer drivers. When I use Windows Update, or Microsoft Update, to update the computers I see there are drivers available for some of our printers. I select them for installation but they always fail and it doesn't look like the driver is updating. I've even tried updating the server with hopes that the driver would propogate but no luck. So, what's the trick? What do I need to do to get the drivers updated on these systems? Thanks in advance, Linn |
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Printer driver updates via Windows Update?
Windows update will update the drivers based on a plug and play ID. When
the printer was not added to the USB or parallel bus of the machine you will not get the new driver. I believe the WU group addressed this in Win7. Anyway, installing the new print driver on the server will propagate the driver to the XP client machines. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Linn Kubler" wrote in message ... Hi, We are using Windows XP Pro sp3 on our corporate domain, Windows 2003. To accomdate networked printer installations so all users can use them I utilize the rundll32 printui.dll command to install the printer drivers. When I use Windows Update, or Microsoft Update, to update the computers I see there are drivers available for some of our printers. I select them for installation but they always fail and it doesn't look like the driver is updating. I've even tried updating the server with hopes that the driver would propogate but no luck. So, what's the trick? What do I need to do to get the drivers updated on these systems? Thanks in advance, Linn |
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