Fix Vista incompatible printer errors

When a new installation or "innovation" is made from Windows 2000 to the Vista version, the currently used printer may be disabled. You need to deal with the following operation.

If you install a printer that says " Vista found driver software, but the PCL6 driver is not compatible with the computer's settings, it blocks the drivers for NT 4.0 " (Vista has found software driver, but that the PCL6 driver was not compatible with a enabled policy on computer that blocks NT 4.0 drivers, please calmly change the system configuration.

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The interface of the Group Policy Object Editor utility

Click on the Start item and enter the command gpedit.msc to call the Group Policy Object Editor utility to work.

Under Computer Computer configuration section, double-click the Administrative Templates group and select Printers .

In the control panel on the right, go to the Disallow installation section of the printer using kernel-mode drivers and double-click again. On the next screen, you set the operating status to Disabled . Completing this step has turned off the function of specifying Windows Vista drivers.

To finish, click the OK button, then close the Group Policy Editor window and restart the computer.

When the system is back on, it is possible to install the printer normally without any limited notice. However, if hardware devices that have kernel-mode writing drivers do not meet the technical standards, it is easy to generate errors for the operating system.