Make sure the printer is _not_ connected to the computer. If it is, unplug
it and shut the computer down. Restart. After the desktop appears, Navigate
to Control Panel Printers. Add a printer. Local printer. Use an
existing port. File. After the install is complete, plug the printer in.
It should be detected and installed. It should be set as the default.

Let us know.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"pgonza02" <pgonza02@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FBBBBB9B-B9AA-4C2E-9431-259F3CEB555B@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I had to remove my printer from my laptop and when I tried to reinstall it
> Windows cannot find the driver. I tried adding it manually and HP does not
> even show up as a manufacturer.
> I tried contacting HP and they just said that the driver should be built
> into Vista and they don't have one they can provide.
> My printer is an HP Deskjet 5650 and my laptop is running Vista Business
> 32-bit SP1.
>
> Any idea?
> TIA