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Old 05-07-2008   #2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT]
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Re: Unable to Remove Printers in Control Panel

right click on the printer
Run as administrator
Delete

Only the Owner can delete the printer when not running as administrator and
Plug and Play does not create the printer in the users context.

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"mishutka" <mishutka.391ynd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm at my wits' end and don't know what to do next -- HELP!
>
> I have Vista Home Premium on a 36-bit computer. I unstalled a local USB
> Dell printer and it was working fine. Then it started printing tiny
> letters, then stopped printing at all and printer icons disappeared
> from the Control Panel.
>
> I used Windows Update and installed Service Pack 1. The printer icons
> are back, but there are now multiple copies of the printer which I'm
> unable to delete. At restart, the printer prints the same page each
> time.
>
> I went into Services, stopped and restarted the spooler to no effect.
> Would appreciate any thoughts on how to fix this.
>
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