Installing Vista printer drivers on Windows Server 2003 R2

[Guest majorg]

My organisation has a Windows Server 2003 R2 print server, and mainly XP

clients, but are introducing some Vista clients. When you go to add a

printer driver on the server, there is no option to install one for Vista,

which isn’t surprising because Server 2003 R2 was released before Vista, but

is a patch available to resolve this problem?

[Guest Kerry Brown]

Re: Installing Vista printer drivers on Windows Server 2003 R2

 

You have to install the print driver from a Vista x86 or x64 computer

(whichever driver you need). You have to be logged on as a user with

appropriate permissions to add a driver on the server. Browse to

\\printserver\printers Press Alt-F, Server Properties, Drivers tab.

 

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Kerry Brown

Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

 

 

"majorg" <majorg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> My organisation has a Windows Server 2003 R2 print server, and mainly XP

> clients, but are introducing some Vista clients. When you go to add a

> printer driver on the server, there is no option to install one for Vista,

> which isn’t surprising because Server 2003 R2 was released before Vista,

> but

> is a patch available to resolve this problem?

[Guest majorg]

Re: Installing Vista printer drivers on Windows Server 2003 R2

 

Hello Kerry,

Thanks for your posting, but the add printer driver wizard will still not

show Vista on the Processor and Operating System selection window.

 

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> You have to install the print driver from a Vista x86 or x64 computer

> (whichever driver you need). You have to be logged on as a user with

> appropriate permissions to add a driver on the server. Browse to

> \\printserver\printers Press Alt-F, Server Properties, Drivers tab.

>

> --

> Kerry Brown

> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

>

>

> "majorg" <majorg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:4B9C395A-98F1-465A-B556-0CE01026D14E@microsoft.com...

> > My organisation has a Windows Server 2003 R2 print server, and mainly XP

> > clients, but are introducing some Vista clients. When you go to add a

> > printer driver on the server, there is no option to install one for Vista,

> > which isn’t surprising because Server 2003 R2 was released before Vista,

> > but

> > is a patch available to resolve this problem?

>

[Guest Kerry Brown]

Re: Installing Vista printer drivers on Windows Server 2003 R2

 

If you pick x86 or x64 it will add the appropriate Vista driver.

 

--

Kerry Brown

Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

 

 

"majorg" <majorg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:947CE891-8CBF-4B76-9AA0-15618AAE5FF7@microsoft.com...

> Hello Kerry,

> Thanks for your posting, but the add printer driver wizard will still not

> show Vista on the Processor and Operating System selection window.

>

> "Kerry Brown" wrote:

>

>> You have to install the print driver from a Vista x86 or x64 computer

>> (whichever driver you need). You have to be logged on as a user with

>> appropriate permissions to add a driver on the server. Browse to

>> \\printserver\printers Press Alt-F, Server Properties, Drivers tab.

>>

>> --

>> Kerry Brown

>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

>>

>>

>> "majorg" <majorg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:4B9C395A-98F1-465A-B556-0CE01026D14E@microsoft.com...

>> > My organisation has a Windows Server 2003 R2 print server, and mainly

>> > XP

>> > clients, but are introducing some Vista clients. When you go to add a

>> > printer driver on the server, there is no option to install one for

>> > Vista,

>> > which isn’t surprising because Server 2003 R2 was released before

>> > Vista,

>> > but

>> > is a patch available to resolve this problem?

>>