Interesting discussion, gentlemen, but why is it taking place in a
Macintosh
newsgroup pertaining to Microsoft products for the Mac:-)?...
microsoft.public.macintosh.general
You might find more response & suggestions if you post to one of the
Windows
groups listed in the following link, but I believe your best shot would be
an HP forum:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx
Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 12/12/07 4:55 PM, in article
39CE917A-94BC-4451-A02D-E61630E028AA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"jakewolfe"
<jakewolfe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Same problem here. approx 6 hours with HP sup****t for a C7280 gave me
the
> exact same results. Nada. I'm quitting on it and trying to find another
> printer with less complicated installation software. HP is the leader in
> convoluted software (used to think MS had a lock on that, but I believe
HP
> has outdone themselves with this latest round of bloated, unnecessary
> software steps.
>
> "SPStevo" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> HP has quite an installation process for software related to their
latest
>> series of printers. I purchased a C8180 and have tried diligently to
install
>> the software for it. If you click to the following HP sup****t article,
you
>> will notice a number of different (escalating) remedy options. The
>> installation problem relates to MSI.scan and does not reference .NET
(however
>> I have gone throught the steps and removed all .NET stuff on the XP
desktop.
>>
>>
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDo***ent?docname=c00292756&cc=us&dl
>> c=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
>>
>> I've made it all the way through to Solution 3, Step 7, but when
attempting
>> to install the MSXML (v4.0 I believe), I run into an error with a
registry
>> key. HP is quite unwilling to help me with it. If I can actually get
MSXML
>> properly installed/reinstalled, I believe I may be able to get things
working
>> properly again. Please let me know if you happen to have any ideas in
this
>> regard.
>>
>> --
>> Best,
>>
>> Steve
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