Microsoft KB Archive/159428

= Writer 2: Creative Writer Needs a Printer When Started =

Article ID: 159428

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q159428



SUMMARY
You must have a printer driver installed on your computer to start Creative Writer 2. If you do not have a printer driver installed in Windows, you receive the following error message when you attempt to start Creative Writer:

Creative Writer Needs A Printer.

Creative Writer 2 installs successfully without a printer, however the program requires a printer to run.



MORE INFORMATION
It is not necessary to have a printer connected to your machine, but you must have a printer driver installed in Windows. To select a printer, do the following:


 * 1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
 * 2) Double-click the Add Printer icon.
 * 3) Using the Add Printer wizard, add a generic local printer such as the Hewlett Packard Series II printer.
 * 4) Finish the Add Printer wizard.
 * 5) Start Creative Writer (the error message should no longer appear).

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