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re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:50 pm Posted by Greg (16 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? Friday, February 29, 2008 at 3:42 pm Posted by Alan (124 messages posted) http://www.vistax64.com/vista-print-fax-scan/43233-how-remove-local-printer-ports.html http://www.vistax64.com/vista-print-fax-scan/130421-printer-port.html http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4097d784-4b1e-423d-b6be-737f81f7b1dc1033.mspx [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 9:27 am Posted by Greg (16 messages posted) Thanks Alan, but this does not work. Its home, so there is no printmanagement.msc. In server properties, there is no such port showing up. That is my delimma...where is this info stored if you cant find it the normal way. Thanks Greg On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 3:42 pm, Alan wrote: > >http://www.vistax64.com/vista-print-fax-scan/43233-how-remove-local-printer-ports.html >http://www.vistax64.com/vista-print-fax-scan/130421-printer-port.html >http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4097d784-4b1e-423d-b6be-737f81f7b1dc1033.mspx [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:05 am Posted by Alan (124 messages posted) Here's something I just ran across, though I don't know enough details about your network to know if it applies. You can read all of them, but posts 55 + talk about an issue with Network Magic software, that apparently comes with certain routers, causing some havoc with printer installations. Just throwing this out there, for now. If I come up with anything else, I'll post back. http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6035_102-0.html?forumID=62&threadID=232132&messageID=2608537 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any idea how to remove a local printer port? Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 10:36 am Posted by Greg (16 messages posted) Sorry, I thought I replied to this last night. Port Magic is not installed on this network, so that fix doesnt apply. Thanks Greg On Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:05 am, Alan wrote: >Here's something I just ran across, though I don't know enough details about your >network to know if it applies. You can read all of them, but posts 55 + talk about >an issue with Network Magic software, that apparently comes with certain routers, >causing some havoc with printer installations. Just throwing this out there, for >now. If I come up with anything else, I'll post back. > > >http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6035_102-0.html?forumID=62&threadID=232132&messageID=2608537 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum