04-21-2008, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Wollongong/Australia
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OS: XP pro SP3/Vista Ultimate
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Re: Installing a USB printer with OEM vista
This was the only thing I could really find and it is from Microsoft technet
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I too spend 3 days to find out how to add printer to vista pc.
After reading all these pages realized that, something is wrong with
USB Virtual Printer port. I didn't have USB001 port listed when I tried to
add local printer, actually I didn't have any ports listed. I checked registry, and sure enough I didn't have usb monitor.
In order to ports to be listed in add printer they have to be enabled in registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
All entries I needed were under AutorunsDisabled folder, it means for some reason they were disabled. So I recreated all the keys with all the values under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
folder. So, there were 3 keys under AutorunsDisabled folder(or key) I copied one by one manually all of them ( Local Port, Standard TCP/IP Port, USB Monitor). When creating new values make sure types are right. REG_SZ is string value, REG_DWORD is DWORD value.
OK I will describe how to create USB Moitor
click start, then "run" type regedit, hit enter Registry Editor will open up.
Make backup of you registry, then on left side drill down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
and check if you have "USB Monitor" key defined - If yes, you have different problem, this will not solve your problem. If not - right click on "Monitors" then click on new/key and name new key "USB Monitor" and then open this new key and on right side of the Registry editor under the (Default) right click select New - String Value this will create REG_SZ type value and name it "Driver" then double click to open it and in value data type "usbmon.dll"
Do the same thing to "Local Port" and "Standard TCP/IP Port" keys if you don't have them under Monitors key but you have them listed under AutorunsDisabled key. Then close registry editor, and restart, go to add printer/ local printer
NOW USB001 should be available
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