Alan Morris said:
DOT4 and USB ports will get cleaned up by PnP and the system
after a few
reboots when the device is no longer used. The spooler can't
delete these
ports.
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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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Byte said:
If you tried to delete the port after deleting and
reinstalling the
printer,
the
port will not delete for it has been activated. Delete the printer and
disconnect
it, then delete the port for it will no longer be active.
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your life.
:
I have an HP LaserJet 1012 that is assigned to port
DOT4_001. I am
trying to
delete the port but each time I try, I get the following error message:
"Selected port cannot be deleted. The request is not supported"
I am running WinXP and have full administrative
rights. I have also
removed
the printer and reinstalled it with the same results.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have a similar problem with a usb officejet printer.
The problem is is that the PnP does not de-activate or delete the
port. After the printer is removed, the port binds up the printing
system and the system reports a hardware device simply called
"printer" is connected at every new windows session, taking forever
to eventually finish looking for drivers.
Is there any way to force remove a printer port? All of the old
printer’s drivers/software have been removed.
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