Computer insists on installing a vaild hardware over and over

My printer is well installed and works fine. despite this fact, every time i turn computer on it activated the "new hardware installation" whiz, and askes me for installation disc. when i insert it, installation never gets finished, even though, as mantioned before, there's nothing wrong with printer. suggestions?

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Uninstall, restart, and when whiz appears choose to install manually. only then insert the CD and install. should work fine now.

Posted on Feb 22, 2006

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