HP Photosmart 7150 Printer

I was attempting to install the HP Photosmart 7150 locally via USB and then intended to share it via the Windows XP workstation in question, making it available it in the Directory as a Network printer for any user.

As a driver CD was not available or at hand, I downloaded the latest drivers CD from the HP site, thinking that it would be relatively simple and straight forward.

Having downloaded the driver, installing it, and adhering to a the classic rule of not plugging in
a USB device until the driver is installed or as and when prompted by the device software wizard in question, the driver did not get recognised.

Even after reinstalling and installing the driver software 3 times and doing the same with another version of the driver for other Windows operating systems, it was just not getting picked up.

After about 30 minutes of trying, I finally got if working the first time round when I opted for
using the HP Deskjet 990C drivers. This now seems to be working absolutely fine.