Printer Issues in Vista

[blinky]

Hey guys, anyone help me please?

I cannot set a default printer in Windows Vista, it wont let me although I clearly have one.

I try to use programs like Adobe Reader, Microsoft word and they keep comming up with an error saying I have no installed printer etc.. please install one.

I have reinstalled and reinstalled printer, this seems to be a bug in Vista

Please Help

[sten969]

Hi

Sometimes this can be caused by a missing reg key. If you're confident in editing your registry try adding the below (under CurrentVersion).

Name: Device
Type: Reg_SZ (String Value)
Value: “printername, winspool, portname”
Location: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\

Ofc if you're unfamiliar with editing your registry making changes can be disasterous and should be carried out at your own risk

Alternatively, it may be that you have a corrupt profile. Create a new user with administrative rights and see if you can set the default printer that way.

[blinky]

Cheers Sten I tried the reg aproach but got lost , I created a new proifile though and everything is working fine is there a way I can keep my old profilke or transfer things easily???

Regards

Blinks