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Virtual Pdf Printer Driver Won't install and Fixes won't work

Steve R

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Well, I removed norton and it still didn't install. So doesn't look like I have many choices left. Thanks to the system restore logs I know the exact order of every thing I installed, so if I uninstall everything and start that way or do a clean re-install of XP I know what I did in which order.

If I go the uninstall route, should I remove the NET. Framwork and reinsall them as I go along?

Yes, Norton is tne only active anti-viral I use., with SuperAntiSpyware and Malwate Bytes installed and manually run ever few days.
 

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Okay well your manual solutions are.good in my book. Even with Norton + those you should be okay.

I would uninstall .Net also...get it as close to a fresh install as you can.

I'd like to know the answer to this riddle. Thanks for sticking with it! :toast:
 

Steve R

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Okay well your manual solutions are.good in my book. Even with Norton + those you should be okay.

I would uninstall .Net also...get it as close to a fresh install as you can.

I'd like to know the answer to this riddle. Thanks for sticking with it! :toast:

Well ,hopefully this will help me find the program or whatnot that is cuasing the issue.
 

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That's the goal. I did also find my XP SP3 installation, so I will see if I can spin up a virtual machine this weekend and see if I can duplicate what you're experiencing.
 

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Well, after process of elimination, and a fresh install of XP, I have reason to believe it the the NET causing the issue. I didn't install them in order either time so that might be it, as I can't seem to find any other possible issue. The system wouldn't let me uninstall 3.0 so that;s why I did a clean install - twice actually once I confirmed the issue.

So knowing which programs used which NET, I installed 1.1 and 2.0 - installed Primo - no issues! Then I installed 3.0 and installed my HP (minimum requirements as 3.0), worked so that solved that issue. Then I installed the remaining programs and anti-virals and installed 3.5 and 4.0 and everything works, no issues.

Thanks for the help!
 

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Nice work!
 
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