A printer that isn't hooked up keeps trying to install

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Daverino

Ok, I installed some adaptec drivers on W2K and got some
stop errors. I finally had to delete all the adaptec
stuff off my system and now it's 90% back to normal. But
now, everytime I start it, it finds a printer and tries to
install the driver for it, it doesn't matter if there is a
printer connected or not. I can cancel out of this, but
the printer that is attached via a parallel doesn't work.
On my device manager the only thing that is out of sorts
is the SCSI/RAID Host controller (manufacturer unknown).
It doesn't have a driver installed and I've looked for a
replacement but nothing seems viable.

I've got the install disk for the printer but installing
it doesn't seem to help.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Daverino said:
Ok, I installed some adaptec drivers on W2K and got some
stop errors. I finally had to delete all the adaptec
stuff off my system and now it's 90% back to normal. But
now, everytime I start it, it finds a printer and tries to
install the driver for it, it doesn't matter if there is a
printer connected or not. I can cancel out of this, but
the printer that is attached via a parallel doesn't work.
On my device manager the only thing that is out of sorts
is the SCSI/RAID Host controller (manufacturer unknown).
It doesn't have a driver installed and I've looked for a
replacement but nothing seems viable.

I've got the install disk for the printer but installing
it doesn't seem to help.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Try hooking up the printer that isn't there any more, then uninstalling
it, then disconnecting it. You should never remove a device without
uninstalling it first. (Why W2K is designed this way is something I
can't fathom.)

Or try regedit, RegCleaner, or a similar utility - look for references
to the missing printer and delete them.

HTH&GL
 
It was for an OLD hp cd writer.

I'm gonna try the registry method. Thanks a bunch!

Daverino
 
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