OfficeJet Pro 8600 N911g cannot complete s/w installation on laptop running XP

Question

Initially, successfully installed the 8600 s/w on a Dell D810 laptop running XP which is linked both via Ethernet and wirelessly to the same LAN as the printer.  The printer is wirelessly linked to a port on a WAP device connected to the LAN/router. After setting up the router with DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 addresses, successfully set-up e-Print function thru Verizon high speed internet connection. This confirms that the my LAN and Internet can see the printer connection through the WAP. Guess I should have left well enough alone, but I decided to also install the printer on my desktop, a Dell XPS desktop (also running on XP) that is linked thru a wired Ethernet connection to the same LAN.
The XPS s/w install was flawless and I can print from the desktop and HP e-print functions continue to work on the 8600, but I can no longer print from the laptop.  As I mentioned, the s/w did load successfully  on the laptop when I initially installed the printer. Following a suggestion on HP's website, I uninstalled the HP 3800 s/w in an attempt to reinstall the printer on the laptop. However, I have not been able to successfully reload the s/w on the laptop, despite numerous attempts.. The program can find the printer on the LAN, it always comes up with the same result: "The printer was unable to be installed over the network".  I confirmed that there is no firewall or security setting blocking the s/w load. 
As part of my problem resolution, I've also followed the procedures contained in HP Troubleshooting Your Wireless Connection  but still cannot complete the installation process on the laptop. In my latest attempt to resolve the problem,  I marked the 8600 as shared on the XPS desktop system, as suggested in another post, but suspect that would only affect USB-connected printers, not those that are wirelessly connected.
When I downloaded the HP Hardware Diagnostic Utility (HPHDU), it also was able to find the printer on the LAN but displayed a message: "We're sorry but the OfficeJet Pro 8600 N911g in not supported by this utility".
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why the 8600 install worked successfully when initially loaded on my laptop but I cannot reload it? That could provide a clue as to what is blocking the reinstallation on the laptop. As I said, the desktop s/w loaded successfully and I can access the 8600's functions from there. Each of the HP utilities I downloaded from HP and have run on the laptop can find the 8600, but none can complete the s/w load so that I can use the printer from the laptop.
The LAN also has an Ethernet link to a HP OfficeJet 7310 that can be accessed from any PC on my network, so I reluctant to entirely remove all HP software so I can at least have one printer operational. I feel like I am on the bleeding edge of technology so any help is appreciated!
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
Thank you for posting,
I see that you have issues with reinstalling the Officejet pro 8600 drivers on your DELL Laptop.
In order to resolve the issue, please follow the steps given below:
1. Please uninstall the printer drivers by going to Add or Remove programs in control panel. Then click on start and click on Run. In the run window, please type Taskmgr.exe and click on OK. In the task manager window, please click on the Process tab and check if there are any HP Processes running. If there are any HP Processes running, please select the process and click on end process.
2. Then click on Star and click on printers and faxes. Then the printers and faxes window, please click on File in the menu bar and then click on Server Properties. In the server properties window, please click on the Drivers tab and check if the HP Deskjet drivers are included. If you find any, please select the drivers and click on remove and then click on apply and click on OK.
3. Then go to C:\ProgramFiles\HP and delete the folder with the name of the name of the printer.
4. Then go to C:\Program Data\ and delete the folder with the name of the name of the printer.
5. Then go to C:\Windows\System32
And delete the HP DLL files related to the printer.
6. Then go to C:\Windows
And rename the twain_32 folder to twain_32_old.
7. Then click on start and click on Run. In the run window type %temp% and press enter. In the Temp folder delete all the files.
8. Delete HP Printer Software entries in the registry.
a. Click on Start and click on run. In the RUN window, plase type Regedit and click on OK.
b. In the Registry Editor window go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products and then click on each folder and check if that entry belongs to HP. If you find any entry related to HP, please delete it.
9. Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\
and then click on each folder and check if that entry belongs to HP Printer. If you find any entry related to HP printer, please delete it.
10. Then go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Hewlett Packard or HP Folder
And delete the folder with the name of the printer.
11. Then go to C:\Documents and Settings\User name of the computer\AppData\ Hewlett Packard or HP Folder
And delete the folder with the name of the printer.
12. Assigning the permissions in the registry.
a. Click on Start and click on run. In the RUN window, plase type Regedit and click on OK.
b. In the registry editor window, please right click on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and click on permissions.
c. In the Permissions window, please select each user and assign full permissions.
d. Then click on Add and type everyone and click on OK. Then select everyone and assign full permissions and click on Apply and click on OK.
e. Then right click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER and click on permissions.
f. In the Permissions window, please select each user and assign full permissions.
g. Then click on Add and type everyone and click on OK. Then select everyone and assign full permissions and click on Apply and click on OK.
h. Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and click on permissions.
i. In the Permissions window, please select each user and assign full permissions.
j. Then click on Add and type everyone and click on OK. Then select everyone and assign full permissions and click on Apply and click on OK.
k. Right click on HKEY_USERS and click on permissions.
l. In the Permissions window, please select each user and assign full permissions.
m. Then click on Add and type everyone and click on OK. Then select everyone and assign full permissions and click on Apply and click on OK.
n. Then right click on HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG and click on permissions.
o. In the Permissions window, please select each user and assign full permissions.
p. Then click on Add and type everyone and click on OK. Then select everyone and assign full permissions and click on Apply and click on OK.
q. Close the Registry editor.
13. Then Click on start and click on run. In the run window type MSCONFIG and press enter. In the system configuration Window, please click on the Startup Tab and then click on Disable All and then click on Apply.
14. Then click on the Services tab and then check the box “Hide all Microsoft services” and then click on Disable all and then click on Apply and then click on OK.
15. Please restart the computer. Then click on Start and click on run. In the run window type Services.msc and Press enter.
16. In the services window, please right click on each service mentioned below and click on restart.
a. Windows Image Acquisition
b. Shell Hardware Detection
c. Remote procedure call (RPC)
17. After restarting the above services download the drivers from hp.com and start the installation.
Once the installation is completed, please try to scan and check.
Please follow the steps given above and that should resolve the issue.
If the issue still persists, please follow the steps given below:
1. Click on Start and click on Run. In the run window, please type services.msc and click on OK.
2. In the services window, please right click on the “Windows Image Acquisition Service and then click on Properties.
3. In the Properties window, please click on Dependencies window and check the dependencies.
It should be “Remote Procedure Call” and “Shell Hardware Detection”. If you find anything else, then you will have to change the dependencies of the services.
4. Close the Properties window and then make sure the Remote Procedure Call service and the Shell Hardware Detection services are Started. If any of these services are not started, please restart these services and then restart the Windows Image Acquisition service.
5. Please close the services window and then click on start and click on run. In the run window type regsvr32 shimgvw.dll and press enter.
6. You will see a Popup window on the screen, click on OK and close the window and then try to start the Windows Image Acquisition service.
If the Dependencies of the Windows Image Acquisition service is different from the one mentioned above, then please follow the steps given below to change the dependencies:
a. Click on Start and click on run. in the Run window type Regedit and click on OK.
b. In the Registry window, please go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc
c. In the right hand side of the Registry editor window, please right click on DependOnService and click on Modify.
d. Then in the Value data filed enter
RpcSs and press enter and then type
ShellHWDetection
e. Then click on OK.
f. Then go to services and try to restart the Windows Image Acquisition service.
Afetr restarting the Windows Image Auquisition service, please try to reinstall the printer drivers.
Please follow the steps given above and that should resolve the issue.
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