If this is the only Epson device you use, it might be faster to
remove from Registry all keys invoking "Epson" and reinstal
from the CD.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

It IS the only Epson device. Any hints on searching the registry for
'epson' to do that? Thanks very much for your reply. I'm to the
point, having tried so many other things that I'm inclined to believe
it's some registry key that fails during the install because some
'remnant' is already present.

John