Vista - Cannot set default printer in Vista

**ldmercer2** · 11-13-2008

Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much appreciated.
Thank You.
Lori

11-16-2008

You have two choices here, wait for the response from the Microsoft tech in
the support issue or decide to do a format and clean install. Without
knowing what the tech asked you to do and exactly what you did, I'm not
prepared to step in the middle of an already confusing situation.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"ldmercer2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately
> this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of
> programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact
> Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something
> weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got
> messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as
> default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much
> appreciated.
> Thank You.
> Lori
>
>
> --
> ldmercer2

11-18-2008

>"ldmercer2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message

Quote:

>news:b2ce92f5c00ebdd0cdbe6853ba8de9ee@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Quote:

>>
>> Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately
>> this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of
>> programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact
>> Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something
>> weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got
>> messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as
>> default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much
>> appreciated.
>> Thank You.
>> Lori
>>
>>
>> --
>> ldmercer2

What the Tech had you do is delete a part of the Registry hoping it
would be rebuilt upon a reboot. Apparently that did not work as he had
hoped and he HOPEFULLY is researching your problem further.
Is the printer a local or network printer? If local can you select the
printer from the drop down list when you click print? If network can
you even see it over the network?
As for deleting programs unfortuantely mroe and more Companies feel
their software is indespensible to us and are making it ahrder and
harder to delete them! Norton/Symantec is bad for this!!!

**ldmercer2** · 11-18-2008

Hi, thank you for replying, I am a little nervous and feel this must be serious as no one wants to touch it!! I just this morning finally heard back from the tech who said he was giving it to a higher authority and will get back in 72 hrs!! When I click the print , it comes up, but my printer is not one of the printers listed, any help on how to get my printer back?? Thank you so much.
Lori

01-30-2009

Explanation:

I had done a Windows Restore to get rid of some Canon Scanner software that
just wouldn't go away. Well, my administrative profile got corrupted, to the
point where I could no longer set my default printer, nor would Adobe
software (Reader and InDesign) recognize that I even had a printer.

Solution:

I created a new administrative account, with every intention of deleting my
old administrative account, just as soon as I feel confident that I copied
all of my files over to this profile's folders. Note: I have not discovered a
way to delete the old corrupted administrative profile.

"ldmercer2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately
> this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of
> programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact
> Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something
> weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got
> messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as
> default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much
> appreciated.
> Thank You.
> Lori
>
>
> --
> ldmercer2
>

11-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
ldmercer2 vista home premium 32bit 9 posts	Cannot set default printer in Vista Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much appreciated. Thank You. Lori
My System Specs

11-16-2008	#2 (permalink)
Cari \(MS-MVP\) n/a posts	Re: Cannot set default printer in Vista You have two choices here, wait for the response from the Microsoft tech in the support issue or decide to do a format and clean install. Without knowing what the tech asked you to do and exactly what you did, I'm not prepared to step in the middle of an already confusing situation. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/windows "ldmercer2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:b2ce92f5c00ebdd0cdbe6853ba8de9ee@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately > this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of > programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact > Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something > weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got > messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as > default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much > appreciated. > Thank You. > Lori > > > -- > ldmercer2
My System Specs

11-18-2008	#3 (permalink)
f/fgeorge n/a posts	Re: Cannot set default printer in Vista >"ldmercer2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message Quote: >news:b2ce92f5c00ebdd0cdbe6853ba8de9ee@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> >> Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately >> this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of >> programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact >> Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something >> weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got >> messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as >> default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much >> appreciated. >> Thank You. >> Lori >> >> >> -- >> ldmercer2 What the Tech had you do is delete a part of the Registry hoping it would be rebuilt upon a reboot. Apparently that did not work as he had hoped and he HOPEFULLY is researching your problem further. Is the printer a local or network printer? If local can you select the printer from the drop down list when you click print? If network can you even see it over the network? As for deleting programs unfortuantely mroe and more Companies feel their software is indespensible to us and are making it ahrder and harder to delete them! Norton/Symantec is bad for this!!!
My System Specs

11-18-2008	#4 (permalink)
ldmercer2 vista home premium 32bit 9 posts	Re: Cannot set default printer in Vista Hi, thank you for replying, I am a little nervous and feel this must be serious as no one wants to touch it!! I just this morning finally heard back from the tech who said he was giving it to a higher authority and will get back in 72 hrs!! When I click the print , it comes up, but my printer is not one of the printers listed, any help on how to get my printer back?? Thank you so much. Lori
My System Specs

01-30-2009	#5 (permalink)
sullivanradley n/a posts	RE: Cannot set default printer in Vista Explanation: I had done a Windows Restore to get rid of some Canon Scanner software that just wouldn't go away. Well, my administrative profile got corrupted, to the point where I could no longer set my default printer, nor would Adobe software (Reader and InDesign) recognize that I even had a printer. Solution: I created a new administrative account, with every intention of deleting my old administrative account, just as soon as I feel confident that I copied all of my files over to this profile's folders. Note: I have not discovered a way to delete the old corrupted administrative profile. "ldmercer2" wrote: Quote: > > Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately > this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of > programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact > Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something > weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got > messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I try to set it as > default in all areas it does nothing, any help would be much > appreciated. > Thank You. > Lori > > > -- > ldmercer2 >
My System Specs

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