Re: Unsafe Removal of Device (Printer)

From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:13:21 -0500

You shouldn't have to use Add\Remove to remove Printer drivers. That is one thing that is wrong. See
if you can find drivers for the printer that are a bare minimum. Those normally would be installed in
Add\Remove Hardware Wizard. I think your issue is the drivers you are using for Windows 2000.
You want the drivers that have no bells and whistles. The bare minimum.

I have a Lexmark that has two available driver packs. One is nasty. It puts startup stuff in the Registry;
interferes with my services; BillyBoy it is not nice. I get the other which is about 4 years old. They
work perfect. Get the drivers for the printer that are the oldest you can find that are compatible with
Windows 2000. 

-- 
George Hester
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"BillyBoy" <noreply@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:u$4mZkC8EHA.2572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I used Add/Remove Programs to remove the printer.  You could also remove it
> from Control Panel but I'm not aware of a Device Manager method.
> 
> I did use the Add Printer/Hardware Wizard method through Control Panel to
> load the printer drivers but got the same result.  This is an Epson issue
> even though Epson says it's a Microsoft issue.  I've never had this happen
> before on any printer.  I'm aware of some code to correct this but there
> must be an easier way.
> 
> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Oc1Gy647EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> 
> Try disabling detect PnP for the printer.  The only way I know how to do
> that is to remove the drivers for the Printer done in Device Manager then
> Add New hardware and uncheck detect Plug and Play and reinstall the drivers
> manually.
> 
> -- 
> George Hester
> 
>

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