Comments on: Plug and Gag: hardware that thinks it’s software? http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/ Nathan Zeldes blogs on everyday product design Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Plug and Gag, Take 2 at Commonsense Design http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/comment-page-1/#comment-9198 Plug and Gag, Take 2 at Commonsense Design Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:53:08 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/#comment-9198 [...] while ago I took HP to task for their tendency to fill your hard disk with hundreds of Megs of software when all you need is a [...] [...] while ago I took HP to task for their tendency to fill your hard disk with hundreds of Megs of software when all you need is a [...]

]]> By: abalastow compendium http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 abalastow compendium Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:52:29 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/#comment-3136 Hp has on their website a ~66MB universal driver installer. I still think it should be a couple of dll/inf/sys file at a total of <1MB. Hp has on their website a ~66MB universal driver installer. I still think it should be a couple of dll/inf/sys file at a total of <1MB.

]]> By: Nathan Zeldes http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 Nathan Zeldes Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:26:35 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/#comment-2447 Yep, HP does that big time. Thanks for the interesting workaround, Tim! Yep, HP does that big time. Thanks for the interesting workaround, Tim!

]]> By: Tim http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2443 Tim Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:10:09 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/10/plug-and-gag-hardware-that-thinks-its-software/#comment-2443 HP's are notorious with that stuff. All the bloatware about using their Print services, the control panels & status boxes, and who knows what else before the simple driver is loaded. FYI, I do believe you can extract the several hundred MB install file and simply point the Windows "Update driver" function to one of the folders where it extracted. That way it just loads the driver. It might be a bit more complicated with a multifunction unit though, as you need the scanning & other functions enabled. HP’s are notorious with that stuff. All the bloatware about using their Print services, the control panels & status boxes, and who knows what else before the simple driver is loaded.

FYI, I do believe you can extract the several hundred MB install file and simply point the Windows “Update driver” function to one of the folders where it extracted. That way it just loads the driver. It might be a bit more complicated with a multifunction unit though, as you need the scanning & other functions enabled.

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