You can either delete the port or select it when choosing a port for the network printer. I suggest deleting it and starting over.
on Thu, 1 May 2008, Brian wrote: > Here's a problem that I hope somebody can help me with: I have a > D-Link > DP-301U print server installed on my home network that allows me to > print > from both wired and wireless PCs around the house and it's working > fine. > My saga however is that I picked up a refurbished Dell with XP home > (yes > legal) and I installed the printer on this new machine as I've done > before > with the other PCs in the house but for some reason could not print > from > this one machine. So rather than try to figure it out I removed the > printer > and went through the process of adding a printer a second time. This > is > where I ran into the problem. > The printer is added as a TCP/IP port with the port name being > IP_192.168.0.10 i.e. XP adds "IP_" to the servers ip address on my > network > automatically. Ever since adding and removing the printer I get a > message "A > port with that name already exists. Chose another port name" error > even > though I have no printers defined yet on this PC. > How can I get this machine to forget the port and allow me to add > the > printer again, or am I doomed to changing the ip address for the > server and > reinstalling a printer on the other PCs in the house. Long winded I > know, > but I wanted to make sure I presented all the details. > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
