Installing Vista printer drivers on Windows Server 2003 R2

[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?

 

[Kerry Brown]

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?

 

[majorg]

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?
>

 

[Kerry Brown]

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?
>>