Fatal Error During Installation Hp Printer Windows Xp

WinXP Home edition Upgrade, SP3, all updates installed Installing/Re-installing HP F4280 This printer was installed and working before, due to space constraints on my C: drive the software was installed on a different drive, I cloned my drive to a larger drive and resolved my space constraints and uninstalled the software to re-install to the defaults on the C: drive, now the re-install has failed at least 100 times over the last 3-4 weeks. Windows “Found New Hardware Wizard” for the printer appears and the whole process stops.

Click on finish and. Windows “Found New Hardware Wizard” for the USB appears and the whole process stops. Click on finish and. It asks for the difxapi.dll, I point it to the System32, system32 drvstore hpof4200., system32 drvstore hpzipa13., system32 drvstore hpzius13. System32 reinstallbackups 0011 driverfiles drivedrs dot4 win2000 and it fails every time with a fatal error, no indication as to what type of error.

Check the logs in the temp folder and it shows a 1603 error I have researched every fix found so far has failed. HP and Microsoft point the finger at each other and neither are very helpfull at all.

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We have an HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One printer that we have been using with our Sony VAIO desktop for at least most of the past 18-24 months. We changed banks in June. The new bank's Website failed to interact with the printer; they advised us to uninstall and reinstall it. Ever since then, we have been completely unable to use the printer. HP's 'service' staff give us varied and/or confusing instructions.

One instruction was that the printer is not compatible with Windows XP Service Pack 3. (We cannot use the original CD-ROM for the printer at this time and cannot afford to replace it.) We have had our Sony VAIO, which has Windows XP Media Center Edition, Service Pack 3, for over three years. We have had numerous problems with it--it is slow, some programs hang and/or crash, etc.

We are skeptical about reverting to SP2 from SP3, but if this is in fact necessary, how should we do that? We could not find any relevant information on Microsoft's Help pages. Thanks, SecurityGuy!

However, we have a related question first: The messages below, in chronological order, indicate HP's recommended downloads for our printer, but that combination does not work. Do you, or does anyone else, have suggestions for solving our problem with the C7280? We have been working on this with HP for at least two months and still do not have a workable solution. FIRST MESSAGE hp e-mail support Webform submittal date/time: 17 August2009 19:37:49 UTC language_code: en language: English Country of Residence:United States product_line: 5M product_oid: 3204785 product_name: HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One Printer part_number: CC567A,CC567B purchase month: 4 purchase year: 2007 problem area:installation and setup serial number: MY76LB41KS operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Home How is your product connected to your PC?: USB Cable problem description: We had to uninstall and reinstall our HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One because of acertain Website. We therefore downloaded 100_228_PS_AIO_02_Full_Net_enu_NB.exe. Because it did not work with the 'HP C7200 Series' driver, we also downloaded PS_AIO_02_100_009.exe. The Website we needed to reinstall the printer forstill does not recognize this printer.

There seems to be a problem with its driver. When we open Solution Center, it says the printer is disconnected, although it is not.

We got it to scan anyway, but this is strange. What is the problem, and how can we fix it? SECOND MESSAGE, summarized: Install [different printer]'s driver. I'm going to answer the second question first, another manufacturers driver will almost never work. On the first one, go to device manager (right click 'My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager') and look at 'Imaging devices' expand it to see your printer.

Right click the device (printer icon) and choose 'Properties' then go to the 'Details' tab, you'll see a dropdown menu at the top, click it and choose 'Devnode Flags' the first 2 entries is what your looking for, DN_DRIVER, and look to see if it says that its loaded, then the second should say DN_STARTED, if the printer is starting up. Check those two and see what they say. If the driver isnt loading, then its probably not a case of a wrong driver, but a problem with the PC that its not loading the driver thats there. This sounds like a similar problem I have with my C7250 on my Laptop running VISTA. Initially I set it up via USB to my desktop running XP.

Simple, straight forward setup, albeit took nearly an hour to run the full setup. Then, I tried to change the connection from USB to ethernet.

Instructions were hardly useful. Help Desk took multiple calls and several hours of uninstalling and downloading a tool to further uninstall something. But, after a lot of hassle, it did work as a network printer. Then my router broke and I went back to a USB connection to the desktop; uninstall, reinstall not too much trouble.

Now, I have a new router and I'm trying to switch from USB to ethernet connection again. Uninstall fails with a Fatal Error but still seems to have installed some of the features. Make The Teacher Walk The Plank Game For Kids more.

The installation program continues on to offer automated help/solutions. I ran the uninstall/install countless times and got various solutions sent back to me. Some of them gave me help for a wireless connection, but, my printer is connected via an ethernet cable; perhaps, the setup program gets confused because my Laptop is wirelessly connected to the network?

Several times I got help/solutions suggesting I run teh MS Install Cleanup utility but says MS suggests not running it if I have Office 2007 installed. Well, of course I have Office 2007 installed. Anyway, I ran the MS Install Cleanup and removed HP Photo Smart Essentials and Total Care Advisor. There was nothing listed specifically for the C7250 Printer.

Still get Fatal Error after 20 minutes of running latest HP update: 100_228_PS_AIO_02_Full_Net_enu_NB. I68 Regenerator Fifa 14 Error. exe Message occurs after install reaches 100% Solution Center can't find C7250 but, it is in the Printers Folder and I can print to it. Solution Center cannot find the printer: No HP Devices have been detected. Solution Center will now close. HP Update Installed Solution Center 13 update. Now I get a new message: HP Solution Center cannot run because your device isnstallation is not complete. Please plug in the USB cable or re-run the setup program from the installation CD for a network installation. If this does not complete the installation, or you do not have the CD, access the hp HELP FILES BY CLICKING THE sTART MENUE.

The printer is connected. I can go to its url address and see the settings, etc. I do see the printer in the Printer Folder with it's URL shown.

I can print to it from wordpad and Firefox. But, HP Solution Center does not find it and will not open. I do not have any application now in my start menu to open the printer for fax, scan, etc settings. Somewhere, somehow there must be a way to completely Un-install the printer and all it's associated baggage so that it can do a complete, clean re-install. But, I have not yet found a way to do that.

And, is there some way to UNPACK that latest update 100_228_PS_AIO_02_Full_Net_enu_NB.exe once and for all so it does not have to do it every time it is executed? I had also faced some printer related issue with my HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One Printer. I got confused while detecting the exact point of origin of the problem, whether it lies with the computer, cable, or the printer.

Then my friend suggested me to take support from some tech-support company. I am giving you the link from where I took. Just have a look. Their tech experts will troubleshoot all errors and issues that hamper the performance of your printer. We will analyze and fix driver and software compatibility issues.

Here is the link. Thanks & Regards Alyn William.