How To Use the Add Hardware Wizard to ADD New Hardware.

Occasionally, Windows does not detect a new Plug and Play hardware device automatically,

so it is needed to initiate the installation process by using the Add Hardware Wizard. The Add Hardware Wizard to initiate automatic hardware installation for undetected hardware devices (both Plug and Play and non–Plug and Play) and to troubleshoot devices.

Steps:

1. Click the Start and then Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel window, click Printers And Other Hardware.

3. In the open window, click Add Hardware.

4. Click next in the open page.

5. Windows searches for new devices and three events occurs in these process:

* If Windows detects the new Plug and Play hardware for which it has a  
    driver built in, Windows installs the new hardware automatically.
           
*  If Windows detects new hardware for which it does not have driver,
    Windows starts the Found New Hardware Wizard and directs the user to locate it.

* If the wizard cannot find a new device, it displays the Is The Hardware Connected

    page. Here if the new device is already connected, click Yes, and then click Next.
                The wizard displays the Hardware Is Already Installed On the Computer page.

6. In the list of installed hardware, scroll to the bottom and click Add A New Hardware
     Device  and Click Next.

            7. Click Install The Hardware That I Manually Select From A List (Advanced), and
                 then click Next.

8. In the list of common hardware types, click Printers and then click Next ( here for
                 reference  printer is focus.

9. On the Select A Printer Port page, in the Use The Following Port drop-down list,
     click LPT2: (Printer Port), and then click Next.

10. On the Install Printer Software page, in the Manufacturer list, click the name of the
                  Company. In the Printers list, select the model of the printer and Click Next.

12. On Print Test Page, select No and click Next.

14. Click Finish to exit the Add Hardware Wizard.