Frank W
16-09-2007, 1:10 PM
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Just bought a Deskjet F380 and installed it OK on laptop with XP Pro as the OS.
Software CD included is for XP and Win 2000, with second CD for Vista systems.
Would like to use it with another PC using Win ME or Win 98SE, but can't find how to get the CD or downloads for this. (HP no longer supply downloads or CDs for earlier OSs that Microsoft has abandoned, and have also closed access to earlier HP website pages, so they can't be accessed via Wayback Machine.) |soapbox|
The only advice that HP offer is to hang on to the Win 98/ME CD if you have one!
According to the setting-up instructions enclosed with the F380, the Win 98/ME drivers should work OK, but as the installation fails due to "wrong operating system", the additional HP software programs can't be installed.
Has any one got the Win98/ME software CD, or could suggest where one could be found?
Regards.............Frank W
Just bought a Deskjet F380 and installed it OK on laptop with XP Pro as the OS.
Software CD included is for XP and Win 2000, with second CD for Vista systems.
Would like to use it with another PC using Win ME or Win 98SE, but can't find how to get the CD or downloads for this. (HP no longer supply downloads or CDs for earlier OSs that Microsoft has abandoned, and have also closed access to earlier HP website pages, so they can't be accessed via Wayback Machine.) |soapbox|
The only advice that HP offer is to hang on to the Win 98/ME CD if you have one!
According to the setting-up instructions enclosed with the F380, the Win 98/ME drivers should work OK, but as the installation fails due to "wrong operating system", the additional HP software programs can't be installed.
Has any one got the Win98/ME software CD, or could suggest where one could be found?
Regards.............Frank W