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Printer suddenly stops working on Windows 7
« on: November 10, 2010, 11:21:57 AM »
I have a HP 4200 series "All in one " printer that I have used for years through Windows 98, Windows XP, Vista, and for two months, Windows 7 (64 bit)..   Suddenly this am, it stopped responding.  Message says that it is not there...   So I tried to re-install it with the original CD.   When the installer is running it comes back with another message saying that I need administrator rights to install this.  I am the only user and administrator.  I have a tried to change users types, inserted other users, but nothing seems to work.    This all started when I lost my audio sound drivers after removing some programs that I did not want to buy and I used "system restore" to get my sound back..   Anybody have any ideas??
Thanks for reading ths,   JIM

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Re: Printer suddenly stops working on Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 03:24:04 PM »
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I tried to re-install it with the original CD.   When the installer is running it comes back with another message saying that I need administrator rights to install this.

Try installing again, but this time right click on the setup program and select run as administrator.
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Re: Printer suddenly stops working on Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 03:38:16 PM »
Try installing again, but this time right click on the setup program and select run as administrator.

i had the seem trouble and i had to do the above when i upgraded , but also i had to go to the printer web site and download a driver for win 7 and it works fine

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Re: Printer suddenly stops working on Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 04:57:36 PM »
Try installing again, but this time right click on the setup program and select run as administrator.
 

JJ  Thank you.   It works  It hs been printing for several weeks, I wonder what changed?  Oh well, it's good now.  Thansk again
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