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Does anyone know a temporary fix to get an HP printer that doesn't have Vista drivers yet to print from vista?

The printer is an HP P2015 laser printer. I have the install disk that came with the printer, but it won't autorun. When i run the setup.exe file from the disk, the install starts, but stops halfway through with a security message saying that I can only run this program when logged in as an administrator (which I am). HP's website says that vista drivers for this printer are coming soon, but I need a temporary fix until they do. Even partial functionality (just basic printing) would be enough.

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1. basic printing?????? u gotta wait for the drivers lol
2. Sounds like a permissions issue. Go into computer management and check to see the permission settings for installation of signed/unsigned drivers. It should be set to administrator.
3. Nope, your going to have to wait until hp has that patch download up, they should have it up soon, they are pretty good at getting that stuff up. It would have been wise to wait six month until playing with vista, due to the fact that many programs and devices aren't playing nice with it.
4. Almost all HP laserjet drivers are interchangeable. Just use one of the built in laserjet drivers.
5. Did you go to hp and check the drivers for your printer?
6. I would go to HP's website. They are a MS preferred partner, they had access to vista when it was code named, so they could write drivers for it; and they've probably got a brand new driver you can download. Failing that, tell Vista you want to pick the printer, a lot of laser printers from HP will function with drivers for less capable printers, you just lose the 'bells and whistles'. This is especially true if the printer is a post script printer. Or, My local target had a $25 printer - get one of those until a driver IS ready for your whizbang printer.
7. Right-click on the executable and click 'Run as administrator'. With Vista, even if you are an administrator, some applications don't automatically ask for administrative access to the system through User Account Control. Fix this by right-clicking on the drive the install disk is in and going to 'Explore'. Find the 'setup.exe' file, right-click and go to 'Run as administrator'. This should fix the problem. Also, Vista drivers for the device are located here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=1845552&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=1845551&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2093 Lastly, from the information I gathered on the support site for the device, it seems it connects to the system using USB 2.0 - which is well-supported by PnP. It may be possible to simply plug in and turn on the device. Vista may have functional native drivers for it. Good luck.