It turns out that none are shown (though my other printers show up e.g.
However, I get the same error when I tried to install the A909g driver again.Īs a final course of action, I followed to remove all vestiges of the A909g drivers from previous attempts. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000002)."įurther web searching indicated that disabling UAC might help, which I did (followed by a reboot and confirmation of disabled UAC). "Unable to install HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series, Type 3 - User Mode, 圆4 driver. With the install, I got the following error: I was not asked for a port, presumably because accessed this sequence of panels from a USB printer (PSC 750). Went to Advance, chose New Driver, Have Disk, browsed to the driver folder (c:\8500temp), selected HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series. I then pulled up its Printer Properties panel, So I plugged in my HP PSC 750 and it installed its default drivers again.
Further searching reveals that on Windows 7, this might happen if a USB printer is not plugged in. However, thereĪre no USB ports in the dropdown list. I also found that one would normally choose USB001. After some web searching, it seems that this may not be true. I assumed that these ports were no longer physical ports, but virtual ports. I thought the problem might be that I chose LPT1. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000002)." However, when I tried to install from the download, I kept getting the following error: The detailed history is at: Īs described, my printer is the HP PSC 750, but I need the driver from the download (even though it is for HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series) because of the features. I am trying to install a printer driver from HP rather than from Windows.