A bug in the Microsoft Store leads to HP's printer installation package being installed

[thewayne]

And all of your printers appearing to be HP lasers!

Doesn't that make you feel special?!

Theoretically your printer should continue working normally, unless you have third-party drivers. It's unknown if MS will be able to remove the driver and whether or not at that point what will happen to your printer configuration. Right now I'll bet IT staff are ready to go on a rampage at HP HQ! My home system is unaffected as I don't have printer drivers installed in it: I occasionally print to PDF files, that's it. If I need to actually print something, I mail the document to myself and print it from my laser attached to my Mac.

Microsoft claims it is a bug in the MS Store and has nothing to do with HP.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/hp-printer-app-is-installing-on-pcs-whether-they-have-hp-printers-or-not/

Comments

[acelightning73]

I have no horizontal surfaces left to put peripherals on. But thanks! I have occasionally saved color JPGs to a thumb drive and taken it to Staples to have it printed. It's hard to get them to understand what you're doing. The only camera I have is my flip phone. It has a weird flaw; the more ultraviolet end of the visible spectrum comes out looking BRIGHT BLUE, instead of purple. (Apparently that's a known problem with the camera chips.)