USB Printer Ports still there after removing printers

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Running Vista Ultimate;I have removed several printers using the remove
printer function through Control Panel; Although the printers no longer
appear as being available, the ports assigned to them still appear. Now if I
connect to one of those deleted printers, it is not automatically recognized.

In the printer properties, the ports in questions are DOT4_001, DOT4_002,
etc. When I try to delete them, I get an error message that the action is not
supported.

I am logged into the system as an administrator.


Thanks
 
Thanks for the input. I have rebooted many times to no avail. The ports are
still there and I cannot delete them.

Any other suggestions are appreciated.



Alan Morris said:
PnP created the ports. Unplug the device and reboot. They will go away
eventually but the PnP setup process performs this function not the spooler.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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Archie922 said:
Running Vista Ultimate;I have removed several printers using the remove
printer function through Control Panel; Although the printers no longer
appear as being available, the ports assigned to them still appear. Now if
I
connect to one of those deleted printers, it is not automatically
recognized.

In the printer properties, the ports in questions are DOT4_001, DOT4_002,
etc. When I try to delete them, I get an error message that the action is
not
supported.

I am logged into the system as an administrator.


Thanks
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I agree with Archie922 that the information provided by Alan Morris is not a
solution because the DOT4_001 does not go away when the printer is removed.
This port for my HP1200 was created when I connected the printer USB cable to
the USB port. I have removed everything I can think of related to this
printer but it will not reinstall. BTW I am using Vista Home Premium.
--
Where is Microsoft Help when there product does not work?


Alan Morris said:
PnP created the ports. Unplug the device and reboot. They will go away
eventually but the PnP setup process performs this function not the spooler.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Archie922 said:
Running Vista Ultimate;I have removed several printers using the remove
printer function through Control Panel; Although the printers no longer
appear as being available, the ports assigned to them still appear. Now if
I
connect to one of those deleted printers, it is not automatically
recognized.

In the printer properties, the ports in questions are DOT4_001, DOT4_002,
etc. When I try to delete them, I get an error message that the action is
not
supported.

I am logged into the system as an administrator.


Thanks
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Support does not live here for Microsoft.

Do you get any errors when you attempt to reinstall the drivers?

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Looking for Help said:
I agree with Archie922 that the information provided by Alan Morris is not
a
solution because the DOT4_001 does not go away when the printer is
removed.
This port for my HP1200 was created when I connected the printer USB cable
to
the USB port. I have removed everything I can think of related to this
printer but it will not reinstall. BTW I am using Vista Home Premium.
--
Where is Microsoft Help when there product does not work?


Alan Morris said:
PnP created the ports. Unplug the device and reboot. They will go away
eventually but the PnP setup process performs this function not the
spooler.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Archie922 said:
Running Vista Ultimate;I have removed several printers using the remove
printer function through Control Panel; Although the printers no longer
appear as being available, the ports assigned to them still appear. Now
if
I
connect to one of those deleted printers, it is not automatically
recognized.

In the printer properties, the ports in questions are DOT4_001,
DOT4_002,
etc. When I try to delete them, I get an error message that the action
is
not
supported.

I am logged into the system as an administrator.


Thanks
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