Hey guys, I have a server that I have my Server 2003 eval. copy on and its awesome except with one thing. My printer only has drivers for 98/2000/XP and WILL NOT install on anything but those operating systems. Can I get 2003 to appear as XP when the install program is doing it's diagnostics search? I tried googling this but I didn't get anything remotely close to what I wanted!
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2003 to reconize as XP?
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Gawd
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I'm not sure about that, those OS-specific things are pretty set in their ways. Try extracting all the drivers to a folder then using the hardware manager to do it manually?
Shadow2531
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Does Server 2K3 have the compatiblity enforcer like XP does? I don't remember.
You should be able to right-click on the setup file for you printer drivers and choose compatibility mode for win2k etc.
On a win2k cd, there is a win2k compatibility enforcer program that may work on 2003.
You can also change Server 2K3 to id as XP with a utility.
You can find it by googling for
server 2003; activation
server 2003; product keys
server 2003; fruity pebbles, pops., frosted flakes
server 2003; cd-keys
Things like that. The tool is actually meant for something else and may help, but the tool is probably not necessary.
What printer do you have?
You should be able to right-click on the setup file for you printer drivers and choose compatibility mode for win2k etc.
On a win2k cd, there is a win2k compatibility enforcer program that may work on 2003.
You can also change Server 2K3 to id as XP with a utility.
You can find it by googling for
server 2003; activation
server 2003; product keys
server 2003; fruity pebbles, pops., frosted flakes
server 2003; cd-keys
Things like that. The tool is actually meant for something else and may help, but the tool is probably not necessary.
What printer do you have?