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Old May 7th 04, 09:54 PM
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Default Printer won't delete


-----Original Message-----
I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but...I have 2 XP

pro machines
used by our Controller and Payables person. The

Controller prints to
an HP LJ5 that's shared off the payables computer. He

was having
problems printing so I tried deleting and re-installing

the printer.
(It was also on the machine twice, so I am trying to

delete both.)
However, the printer won't delete. It says "Deleting"

but is not going
away. The user does have admin rights.

To make matters worse, every time I open the Printers

and Fax folder
XP shifts 98% of CPU resources to the process

explorer.exe causing
other apps to lock up or go at a snail's pace. Of course

when I
terminate the explorer process the other apps go back to

normal, but
there's no start menu, desktop, task bar, etc.

So...is there any way to force a printer uninstall?

Maybe from dos?

TIA
-john smith
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