redmansal Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Ok I know that windows 7 store all drivers in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\ However, when adding a new printer and clicking the windows update button more printers show up, but then when I check in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\ they are not there. So where does windows actually store these new drivers? Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 That is just a dialogue box in case you do not have the drivers for your printer, Just select from the list and it will then automatically go online and find and install the right drivers. But if you have a CD with the drivers on use that. What make of printer is it?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmansal Posted August 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Oh right, so it really only downloads a list at first. Well it's not really a specific driver I am looking for. I am installing new Win 7 pcs in hospital admin departments and a lot of their printers are pretty old so everytime I need to wait for the list to show and then download the driver and install. Basically it would be much handier if I could save all those legacy windows 7 compatible drivers onto a USB stick and not have to download drivers every-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmansal Posted August 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Ok I figured it out. When you install a new driver from the windows update list, say the ancient "HP Laserjet 6p" model, Windows will download a package of HP drivers and place them in "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\" in a folder called something like "prnhp001.inf_x86_neutral_cacb8bcaef076d27". This package for example is a quite substantial 66 mbs. So all I need to do is copy this folder onto a USB stick and in the future refer to it for old HP x86 Windows 7 drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Glad you got it sorted, I thought you were talking about your own computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Easier to go the the manufacturers web site and download the drivers from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmansal Posted August 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well you see -pops- printer manufactures don't seem to host all old drivers on their website. For example see http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=14980&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25477&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4062 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 It is also the case that manufacturers often don't produce drivers for obsolete hardware on modern Windows versions. This was particularly so in the FAT to NTFS changeover at the time of Windows XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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