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i just bought a brand new HP officejet 4540 all in one < it says when installing drivers that a newer version is on this machine and it stops the installation process .. whats the deal ??

Submitted: 134 days and 10 hours ago.
Category: Computer
Value: $9
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Computer OS: Windows Vista
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I tried deleting all other printers and restarting the computer than re-installing and got the same results

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Hello !!

Lets try this.

1. Goto START > type printers and press enter.
2. Right click and uninstall all printers.
3. Now do this :

Go to Start > type regedit in search and hit the Enter key.
Go to:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ HP (or something similar )
Right click on HP folder and delete it.

Then goto :
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ HP (or something similar )
Right click on HP folder and delete it.

The restart computer. Make sure that printer is plugged in and powered ON before restart.

Now does the computer auto detect and install the printer. Let me know

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Andy

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Answered: 7/11/2009

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