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Q159428: Writer 2: Creative Writer Needs a Printer When Started

Article: Q159428
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0,95; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbsetupkbfaq
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, version 2.0 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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).

Additional query words: 2.00 4.00 kbmm melanie cw2 mskids

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Keywords          : kbprint kbsetup kbfaq
Technology        : kbOSWin98 kbOSWin95 kbOSWinSearch kbHomeProdSearch kbCreativeWriter200
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,95; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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