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Manually remove local port
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    Manually remove local port

    Hey Yall
    I posted this over at annoyances, and had a few responses, but nothing that actually worked. I was hoping that maybe I would get a few more responses over here.

    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


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    Integral007 Guest

    RE: Manually remove local port

    Hi,
    I had the same problem, but I looked it up and I fond it
    Go in Control Panel - Printers - and right click in a white area - Run as
    administrator - Server Properties - and under the Ports tab you should find
    the port you don't want and .... delete
    Cheers

    "desertdude55" wrote:

    >
    > Hey Yall
    > I posted this over at annoyances, and had a few responses, but nothing
    > that actually worked. I was hoping that maybe I would get a few more
    > responses over here.
    >
    > 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
    >
    >
    > --
    > desertdude55
    >

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    Re: Manually remove local port

    Thanks Integral007, but I have already tried that. The port doesnt appear there either.
    Greg

    Quote Originally Posted by Integral007 View Post
    Hi,
    I had the same problem, but I looked it up and I fond it
    Go in Control Panel - Printers - and right click in a white area - Run as
    administrator - Server Properties - and under the Ports tab you should find
    the port you don't want and .... delete
    Cheers

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    friendlyviper Guest

    Re: Manually remove local port


    Well after many hours I have finally figured out where they stashed the
    com ports in Vista...
    Regedit....
    User Software Micro, Wind NT
    Local "" "" ""
    You will find ports and Printer.

    Good luck


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