Re: Printers are showing ports NE00, nothing prints out

Do you have a suggestion as to how I can remove all the printer settings and
then reinstall each without having to tamper with the registry. The first
instance of my issues showed up through running Quicken 2004 when I went to
print reports and has been showing up more and more in other programs now. I
appreciate your time and help, thanks, Ann

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - Networking]" wrote:

If you've never edited the registry before, find someone who has. I'm not
willing to try to explain it to you in this medium, because of the risk of
damage to your system that I will be liable for.

Paul

"ADS" <ADS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have never edited the registry before, where do I find the key. Should I
make a copy of the whole registry?

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - Networking]" wrote:

Okay, then where are these NE* ports showing up exactly?

There may be a third party (HP or Canon) port monitor causing this. I am
pretty sure that the Description is not supposed to be "Virtual printer
port
for USB".

Port monitors are registered in this registry key:
HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors

You can try deleting suspicious entries from here, and each time you do
so,
reboot and check the Ports page of the printer properties again. You will
want to backup that registry key first, and please be careful.

Also make sure you have a USB Monitor key with a value Driver=usbmon.dll.

BTW Google will let you search old newsgroup posts. You will find several
threads with a similar problem to yours, though I can't extract anything
useful out of them myself:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search

I would try a Test Page.

Paul

"ADS" <ADS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The ports read as follows:

USB005 Virtual printer port for USB hp officejet 825c series
USB004 Virtual printer port for USB Canon MP830 Series Printer
USB003 Virtual printer port for USB HP OfficeJet Pro K850 Series
USB002 Virtual printer port for USB Canon MP830 FAX
USB001 Virtual printer port for USB

There are no NE** ports showing on the Print Server window. That's why
I'm
at a loss as to where I can delete these settings, I've been looking
through
all my settings to find where I could remove the information.

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - Networking]" wrote:

Some software is messing with you.

Open each printer properties dialogs and, on the Ports page, change
the
port
to what you want (USB*) and click OK.

Then open the Print Server Properties dialog using File | Print Server
Properties. Use it to delete all these silly NE* ports. Just out of
curiousity, what is in the Description column for these ports (in
either
place)?

Now, print a Test Page using the "Print Test Page" button on the
printer
properties dialog? Then print from Notepad. Did these work?

Then keep trying one application at a time until something "breaks".

Paul

"ADS" <ADS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply. All printers have worked, they won't print
with
all
components of Office 2000, Quicken 2004, Adobe Acrobat 7
Professional,
Notepad, Wordpad, Corel - you name it, these ports have taken over
the
usb
settings. All of the printers are good to go, just these ports have
taken
over everything and I don't know how to get them deleted or removed.

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - Networking]" wrote:

Only certain programs use port names NE00, NE01, NE02, NE03, etc...
I
have
seen older versions of Microsoft Word do that. I think it is making
a
temporary port that is redirected to a network printer instead of
just
using
the network printer directly. Of course, it's not even a network
printer
from what you describe. I would test it with a program that doesn't
do
that.

Does a Test Page print correctly? Is Notepad able to print
correctly?

Does your printer show up in the Device Manager? I think it would
be
in
the
properties of the USB controller to which it is attached, where it
lists
attached devices.

Did it ever work? If so, what changed?

Paul

"ADS" <ADS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is on a desktop that is running Windows XP Home, all my
printers
are
showing that they are connected to usb ports. When it comes time
to
print,
they are listed and printing to NE00, NE01, NE02, NE03 etc.
ports.
Nothing
gets printed! I'm getting so desperate, that I am reduced to
plugging
in a
small printer in the front usb port so that I can print tips or
instructions,
then unplugging it. I'm afraid that soon that port will be turned
to
something I can't access. I'm not sure when this began but it has
affected
my
programs that I print items through. Please help, I'm at a loss!












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