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From: Sleepy on 4 Nov 2009 11:34


"Fishface" <fishface(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Sleepy wrote:
>
>> Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add
>> "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you > then see tick boxes for
>> 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86
>> drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
>
> Presumably for the other computers to "download" but can't they be
> installed directly on the other computers? Well, I'll find out soon
> enough!

tried that but when I try to add a printer on the other machine and specify
a port they then want to download the drivers from the host machine and
throw up an error message that the host machine doesnt contain the correct
drivers (the 32bit ones)

I even ran the 32bit installer on the other machines first but Vista and XP
dont seem to know they have available drivers before
querying the host machine.

I did get a call back from Microsoft this morning (which surprised me - tech
support that calls you back to see how you're getting on - whatever next?!)
and I explained the problem and that Ive gone back to Vista. I did ask if I
could at some point reinstall Windows 7 but using the 32bit disc or was I
now commited to 64bit seeing as I'd used the key with the 64bit version and
activated it? They said I could use the 32bit version if I wanted to which
is a big relief.

So Im going to do some research on the issues that cropped up and maybe try
again with Windows 7 in a few weeks.

From: Michael Cecil on 5 Nov 2009 06:30
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:34:01 -0000, "Sleepy" <nospam(a)here.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Fishface" <fishface(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Sleepy wrote:
>>
>>> Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add
>>> "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you > then see tick boxes for
>>> 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86
>>> drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
>>
>> Presumably for the other computers to "download" but can't they be
>> installed directly on the other computers? Well, I'll find out soon
>> enough!
>
>tried that but when I try to add a printer on the other machine and specify
>a port they then want to download the drivers from the host machine and
>throw up an error message that the host machine doesnt contain the correct
>drivers (the 32bit ones)
>
>I even ran the 32bit installer on the other machines first but Vista and XP
>dont seem to know they have available drivers before
>querying the host machine.
>
>I did get a call back from Microsoft this morning (which surprised me - tech
>support that calls you back to see how you're getting on - whatever next?!)
>and I explained the problem and that Ive gone back to Vista. I did ask if I
>could at some point reinstall Windows 7 but using the 32bit disc or was I
>now commited to 64bit seeing as I'd used the key with the 64bit version and
>activated it? They said I could use the 32bit version if I wanted to which
>is a big relief.
>
>So Im going to do some research on the issues that cropped up and maybe try
>again with Windows 7 in a few weeks.

What I did in this situation was to browse the network for the printer,
then when it balked at the drivers I browsed to drivers folder I'd copied
off the original Canon CD, into the Win2000 folder and then into the x64
folder. Those drivers worked fine and now I can print across the network
from my W7 x64 machine to the Canon iP4500 on my Windows Server 2003
machine.
From: Sleepy on 7 Nov 2009 10:03


"Michael Cecil" <macecil(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:34:01 -0000, "Sleepy" <nospam(a)here.com> wrote:

> What I did in this situation was to browse the network for the printer,
> then when it balked at the drivers I browsed to drivers folder I'd copied
> off the original Canon CD, into the Win2000 folder and then into the x64
> folder. Those drivers worked fine and now I can print across the network
> from my W7 x64 machine to the Canon iP4500 on my Windows Server 2003
> machine.

Thanks Michael but I tried that and the drivers on my Canon CD aren't
usable - they dont have complete suffix
ie .DL_ instead of .DLL

but if you have the 32bit drivers for the iP4500 could you kindly attach
them to an email ?
bpespley(removethis)@blueyonder.co.uk

I would be very grateful

From: Fishface on 7 Nov 2009 10:54
Sleepy wrote:

> Thanks Michael but I tried that and the drivers on my Canon CD aren't usable - they dont have complete suffix
> ie .DL_ instead of .DLL

You could probably expand them yourself:
http://www.computerhope.com/expandhl.htm


From: Sleepy on 7 Nov 2009 16:56


"Fishface" <fishface(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Sleepy wrote:
>
>> Thanks Michael but I tried that and the drivers on my Canon CD aren't
>> usable - they dont have complete suffix
>> ie .DL_ instead of .DLL
>
> You could probably expand them yourself:
> http://www.computerhope.com/expandhl.htm
>

perfect - if I'd known this a week ago I'd have had that printer up and
networked. Thanks.

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