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re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port?
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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Posted by Greg (5 messages posted)

Come on guys....I know that somewhere in here someone knows what I am talking about. A little help here?

On Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 10:43 am, Greg wrote:
>Hey Yall
>I have a Vista Home box that had a printer setup on \\Server\Printer. The printer
>was removed, and now when I try to re-add the printer, the port is not listed. I
>go thru add local port, type in \\Server\Printer and I get a message that says: Local
>Port Port \\Server\Printer already exists. I remember in XP and 2K, there was a
>reg key that held these ports, but I am unable to find anything like that in Vista.
> Anyone got any ideas of how to get rid of the port that doesnt seem to exist?
>Thanks
>Greg

Written in response to:: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Greg: Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 10:43 am)

Responses to this message:
re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Alan: Friday, February 29, 2008 at 3:42 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]

Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Greg: Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 10:43 am)

re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Greg: Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 12:50 pm)

re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Alan: Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 3:42 pm)

re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Greg: Mon, Mar 3, 2008, 9:27 am)

re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Alan: Mon, Mar 3, 2008, 10:05 am)

re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? (Greg: Tue, Mar 4, 2008, 10:36 am)

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