![]() So, for this project, I already had all the software I needed to recreate it, just no suitable hardware on which to run it. Previously I had a Timex Sinclair 1000 in 1982 and an IBM PS/2 in 1987.) Believe it or not, I kept using this computer with DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 all the way up to 2006 when it was eventually retired in favour of a brand new Windows XP machine, although it did have several motherboard/RAM/HDD upgrades along the way.īefore that old machine was taken to recycling I removed the IDE hard drive which has been kept in storage ever since. ![]() (I would like to point out this was not my first computer however, just the first one that I built myself. I had been thinking about this for some time and the lockdown situation made it an ideal project to do right now, plus it was kind of like a test of my knowledge from 30 years ago to see if I could still do this before I get too old and forget how!!! That computer from 1993 was a 386DX25 with 4MB RAM running DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1, and was put together from old redundant parts from my employer - I was working as a computer repair technician back then and these parts were taken out of machines that were being upgraded and were otherwise destined for the bin. No thanks to HP for not offering a valid suggestion that works to their customers needing a Windows 10 print driver to use with their old HP Photosmart 7660 printer.My project objective was to recreate the first computer that I built back in 1993. It is working for me with Windows 10 and the bonus is the advanced options are more than you will want or need. I then tried something different and it worked!īelow are the steps I followed to get my old yet faithful HP Photosmart 7660 printer to work as expected with Windows 10.įrom the Devices and Printers page in the Control Panel…Ģ) Click The printer that I want is not listedģ) Select Add a local printer with manual settingsĤ) Select use an existing port and change the option to USB001ĥ) Click the Windows Update button to update the available printer and drivers listħ) Select Printers: HP Photosmart 7760 series Some did get the printer to print but all of the suggestions that would get the printer to print made the printer print extra pages and kept acting like a print job was sent to the printer. None of the suggestions listed in the HP forums for using another driver with Windows 10 worked for me. I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my Windows 7 HP computer to Windows 10.
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