Vista printer trouble

It says "The application failed to initialize properly 0xc Click OK to terminate the application. Also if I try to use the HP Solution center this message pops up and I cannot print, scan, copy, etc. HP and DELL techs took remote control of my computer and tried unloading and reloading the driver and the software, that came with my HP Officejet J, reloaded software from the HP site and lots of other stuff. Both printers say they are Windows Vista compatible and Microsoft says they are compatible.

Does anyone know how to fix this? This is only temporary. Restart your computer in Normal Mode. Step 5: Download the latest driver from the following website. Note: The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. Step 6: Right-click the downloaded printer package and click Run as administrator to install it.

Hope it helps. Best regards,. Tim Quan. Microsoft Online Community Support. Right-click anywhere in Printers window, move mouse to run as administrator, in the following menu that pops up select add printer. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? This forum is closed. Thank you for your contributions. SQL Server. Sign in. United States English. Here are three ways to find and install a driver: 1. To download and install a driver yourself: If Windows can't find a driver for your printer, and the printer didn't come with driver software, you can look for a driver on the manufacturer's website.

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Previous Next. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this comment? Horizon Ceilings. R Starzuft. So far, every time I allow a Windows Build to install the nearby HP printer the Build later sends a driver update which fails over and over again.

In order to prevent a build up of failures in the update system I have to uninstall the printer to stop the updates. This has been going on for a long time. Would really prefer to have a generic driver that works and stop the updates or get this thing right. HP is not helpful here as it wants to install software to nag me about buying their ink. I know where to buy the ink.

Would prefer they spend some time on fixing their programming and drivers. HP software takes up much more storage than necessary as well.

Simple driver please Followed the trouble shooting link and after clicking on it and identifying the printer, the response was the issue has been fixed. However, the Lexmark printer still does work with Windows I did not have a choice not to upload Windows Makes me want to switch to an Apple. By luck, I discovered how to fix this: Open up Settings. Choose Devices. Open up Printers. Haven't had any printing issues since I did this. Hope this helps someone.

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