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Oct 08, 2017  How do I stop windows 10 from blocking NT4.0 drivers - trying to install HP officejet pro all in one printer 8620 and windows is blocking the NT4.0 drivers This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question (0). The printer driver in not compatible with policy enabled on your computer that blocks NT 4.0 If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support. My PC OS is Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. Jul 08, 2017  windows 10 is fully updated, i have tried to update the driver through device manager but when it tries to find the driver i get this message below. The printer driver is not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer that blocks NT 4.0 driver. Unable to Install Printer. The printer driver is not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer that blocks Windows NT 4.0 drivers. If you want to use this driver, contact your system administrator about disabling this policy. The printer driver is not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer that blocks NT 4.0 drivers”. After a while googling I found out that windows 10 blocks older drivers and because of that you had to set some setting in windows group police editor. This process should work also with other printers. Here are the steps I took to get it.

First let me say that I have been searching and trying solutions for about 10 days but cannot resolve the problem.

My HP P1102w printer is three years old and connected to my PC via USB cable. It isn't a shared printer. It worked properly until 10 days ago. Suspecting driver corruption, I downloaded the latest version of the driver from the HP web site. When trying to install it, I encountered this error message:

Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it.

The printer driver in not compatible with policy enabled on your computer that blocks NT 4.0

If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support.

My PC OS is Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. Let me know what additional information might be needed.

fixer1234

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It appears that the problem was caused by corrupted driver files that were not being replaced when I reloaded the drivers. I was able to solve the problem by deleting the driver files manually. I followed these steps:

step 1:

Get to C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepository and delete whatever related to the P1102w printer, like the hp1100.inf_amd64_neutral_56c36f106bed03b4 folder. If I remember correctly, there were two or three similar folders that I deleted.

step 2:

Nt 4.0 Drivers Blocked In Windows 10 2017

Then I searched for *1102 on the c:/windows/system32 path and deleted files that were related to the P1102W printer.

step 3:

I'm not sure this step is require, or you should do this step before the other steps. However, in this step I ran uninstall.exe from the HP driver CD that came with the printer. After about 10 minutes, I forcely closed the uninstall.exe process from Windows Task Manager because the uninstall process seemed to be hung.

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step 4:

I ran setup.exe from the HP CD that came with the printer, and the printer installed successfully.

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I hope this answer helps anyone with a similar problem.

fixer1234

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