Windows 10: Printers Missing After Upgrade to Windows 11

After upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, all previously installed printers have disappeared.Printers missing: No printers are listed in the system.Driver and port loss: All printer drivers and associated ports that were present in Windows 10 are no longer available.Printer Management inaccessible: Tried opening "Printer Management", but all options are grayed out and unresponsive see attached screenshots.Unable to add a printer: Attempted to manually add a printer, but all options are dimmed/disabled.Troubleshooting Steps Taken:Stopped the Print Spooler service.Exported registry settin

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win10 sez no drivers for brither hl5040 printer

To be sure that you followed my suggestion correctly, I will specify some steps: CP>devices and printers>add a printer>the printer that I want isn't listed>add a local printer with manual settings>define port>Windows update and install

 

Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Hi William,

We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

• Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
• Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
• On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
  OK to save changes.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
Advanced:

Fix printer problems

Regards.

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx