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Peter,
I have heard of a portable app called Double Driver. I have not
personally used it but it might be what you are looking for. The
details are here:
Backup Your Device Drivers with Double Driver
http://techie-buzz.com/softwares/backup-device-drivers-with-double-driver.html
Derek
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This post is a result of David's request for a printer driver for his
> mother's computer. Her computer was NOT connected to the Internet so she
> could not get direct updates from Microsoft.
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> My question to the list is this. Is there an easy way to extract printer
> drivers from a Windows 7 computer so they can be used again on another
> computer? I tried using Microsoft's Printer Migration tool, but it copies
> ALL the files related to printers, not just a specific printer. I also found
> some driver backup programs such as Double Drive, but they do not list
> printer drivers.
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> In the past, I have reinstalled printer drivers simply by going to the
> Windows\inf directory of another Windows installation that has the driver,
> but that is not a practical thing to do since there is a whole lot of files
> there to copy! I am looking for a simpler way to extract only the needed
> driver files. Thank you for any help.
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> Peter Shkabara
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