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I am giving my HP Deskjet 3740 to neighbor with a really old Windows ME. It is up to date as far as Windows took Millenium.

HP's site only has support for 2000 on up, not ME anymore, and I cannot find my old CD which did have 98 and ME drivers on it.

So I need Drivers that will work on ME for the HP 3740. There must be either some generic drivers that would work or a site I could download the old ME drivers for it.. HP doesn't have them anymore.

Any ideas or help is appreciated...

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The DeskJet 3740 was shipped with Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP support, so a Win98/ME driver package exists and will usually work on a Millennium machine. ’s instinct to look for the old 98/ME installer is correct; official HP pages today focus on newer OS and may not list ME, but archive sites still host the Win9x/ME installers you need. (scribd.com)

Practical, reliable install path (works when you no longer have the original CD):

  1. On a modern PC download a Win9x/ME driver package for the 3740 (look for filenames like the Win9x/ME installers in archives).
  2. Create a folder (example: C:\dj3740), download the EXE there and run it to extract the driver files. Tech sites note extracting into a folder first avoids installer confusion.
  3. Transfer the extracted folder to the ME machine (USB stick, burn a CD, or network share). On the ME PC run the printer setup; if the installer doesn’t run, open Add Printer → Have Disk and point to the WIN9X (or WIN9X_ME) folder and the .inf. When prompted choose Replace existing driver. Also keep the printer USB unplugged until the installer asks for it. (techspot.com)

Troubleshooting & safety notes: if you hit driver conflicts remove the old driver from Printers → Server Properties → Drivers (then reboot the spooler) and retry the installer; Windows ME sometimes needs a clean uninstall before a different driver will install. Always scan any downloaded EXE on a modern, patched machine with up-to-date antivirus (or Microsoft Safety Scanner) before moving it to the ME PC. If the archived installers fail or the ME PC’s USB support is too flaky, the lowest-friction fallback is a cheap modern printer with built‑in in‑OS drivers. (learn.microsoft.com)

(If the exact Win9x/ME package isn’t obvious on an archive, look for filenames that include “win9x_me” or “win9x” for the 3740 family — those are the installers targeted at 98/Me.)

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Hello,
and the latest versions of software can be downloaded from the link connection. Easy come

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