yes ,i followed the steps.
i did find another instance of the printer in control panel-devices & printers. In there, under properties, it sez the device is working properly.
In...

I tried deleting the printer in settings-printers & scanners, unplugged usb cable, rebooted plugged in usb cable & it came up with a printer installed & ready message.
But when I go to settings it...

I did see that page from brother.
unplug/replug usb cable produces beep then if i go to devices & printers, it shows as hl-5040 'no driver available'.

the problem computer is a multi boot with...

win10pro, 22H2
new install, win sez drivers unavailable for mu brother hl-5040 printer.
brother web site sez theyre builtin to win10.
search for older printer turns up nothing.
turning printer...

thanks Denis. I was off by a couple of keystrokes.

I don't know what this thing wants with its two inputs 'variable name & variable value'.
I just want to add a couple subdirs to the path as in C:\batch; C:\utils.

ok, thanks
does each subdir need its own line or can you still separate with semicolons?

win10 pro, 22H2
I want to add a couple subdirs to the path.
did this a couple years ago but after finally finding the edit path in envir variables, it doesn't look familiar at all.
I'm used to a...

for any other fellow old relics who might be interested, found the answer through the winxp forum.
basically you have to create a new, separate port in win10 to use the networked printer connected...

yes that page is relevant but sez the same thing as the brother driver page--the drivers are builtin.
So I guess the problem is why the win10 install on this machine can't find them.

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It was the UAC.
I ran winaerotweaker to reenable updates & noticed a feature to disable uac. I thought I'd already disabled it but checked it-rebooted & realtemp popped up.
thanks for the replies.

I was on that driver page. It sez the win10-64b drivers are builtin to win10.
my laptop has win10-64b with the printer working. is there a way to use it to get at the drivers?

Unable to connect my older brother hl-5040 laser printer to new computer running win10-64b,v1909.

the printer connects to my old computer (win10-32b) via usb.

I set up sharing on it & the new...

i copied the script to myusername/.../startup & got error 'cant find file specified'
edited vbs script so it point straight to desktop instead of realtek 370-desktop.
copied exe to desktop, got...

no uac prompt, it just runs the program. it just wont run autimatically on boot.
I checked perms on coretemp, which works correctly, & my user name has all perms.

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this is...

those are the folders.
the only thing I noted was in security tab,both locations, everyone can read & execute except my own user name.
hoe to get myself read/exccute prive or run it as admin?

win 10 v1909
I copied a shortcut for realtemp to both all users & my startup folder & it wont run on bootup.
I know its possible cause I have coretemp in there & it runs.

yeah-i moved the uac control all the way to the bottom so its something else being activated.

i been battling new win 10 home installation on new computer.

i am the admin & it seems whenever i copy/move a file i get a popup box saying i 'don't have admin permission, click continue to...