Re: install wizard

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From: aSussertown (DROPsussertown_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:53:42 -0600

What are the TS keys about? I am finding and deleting the unused keys now.
Hoping for good results.

"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ucumV1ucEHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Try navigating to HKLM-System-CurrentControlSet-Enum-USB in Regedit. Now
> find which ones are causing the problems by expanding each one and
> checking the descriptions. Once you find the printers that keep
> installing or messing things up, delete the folder it exists under (the
> one starting VID_Xxxx). This will remove the USB connection information
> and cause it to reinstall the proper information this time through. I
> suggest uninstalling all printer software, reboot, and reinstall them
> all with the most up-to-date software. Not exactly sure what you are
> talking about the spool directory for though :)
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> aSussertown wrote:
> > Okay you MVPs. This is a test. This is for a VERY MVP. After
uninstalling my
> > Epson printer, I installed a Canon. The wizard would not stop coming up
> > during a given session. I went to the registry and deleted as much as
> > possible of the epson. Some would not go away. Now I get a wizard error
once
> > per boot. Something about a missing line in the inf. Not only that, but
the
> > Brother printer started doing the same thing. The registry shows a
growing
> > list of Brother keys. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the
brother
> > several times thinking it was less of a culprit.
> >
> > I note, interestingly, that when the printers are reloaded, they
remember
> > that they are shared. I deleted the printers from my other two computers
to
> > see if that helps and it does not.
> >
> > I note that I have folders in the spool directory. The canon is in its
own
> > directory and also in one with the brother. There are 4 "skip" folders
that
> > are empty. In the past, I have deleted the named folders in here before
> > reloading my printers to see if that would help.
> >
> > There has to be a way to get these usb devices back to where they were
so
> > that the wizard stops coming up.
> >
> >

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