I've tried to delete a printer from a workstation (XP
Pro). The Printers and Faxes window shows a status
of "Deleting", but after allowing a lengthy amount of
time and then a reboot, the status still shows deleting.
This is a printer on the network that requires use of a
TCP/IP port, which was setup incorrectly originally.

Is there a way to manually remove a printer (regedit?)
and it's associated drivers so that I can reinstall it
correctly?

Thanks

Try stopping the print spooler service, then try the delete again.

From the command prompt, type

net stop spooler

(and remember to hit enter). It starts the same way, the command is "net
start spooler".

Cari
www.coribright.com

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've tried to delete a printer from a workstation (XP
> Pro). The Printers and Faxes window shows a status
> of "Deleting", but after allowing a lengthy amount of
> time and then a reboot, the status still shows deleting.
> This is a printer on the network that requires use of a
> TCP/IP port, which was setup incorrectly originally.
>
> Is there a way to manually remove a printer (regedit?)
> and it's associated drivers so that I can reinstall it
> correctly?
>
> Thanks

This sounds like there is a pending job in the print queue. The spooler
will not delete the printer until all pending jobs have printed. As you
said the TCP/IP was setup incorrectly so the test page that you probably
selected when originally creating the printer is waiting to be printed.

Just delete the job and the printer should delete as well.

--
Alan Morris

Microsoft Printing Team

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
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"Cari (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try stopping the print spooler service, then try the delete again.
>
> From the command prompt, type
>
> net stop spooler
>
> (and remember to hit enter). It starts the same way, the command is "net
> start spooler".
>
> Cari
> www.coribright.com
>
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:00e201c39277$d73cb7b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've tried to delete a printer from a workstation (XP
> > Pro). The Printers and Faxes window shows a status
> > of "Deleting", but after allowing a lengthy amount of
> > time and then a reboot, the status still shows deleting.
> > This is a printer on the network that requires use of a
> > TCP/IP port, which was setup incorrectly originally.
> >
> > Is there a way to manually remove a printer (regedit?)
> > and it's associated drivers so that I can reinstall it
> > correctly?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>