2011/9/14 Paul Hutchings <[email protected]>: > Does anyone know of a utility that will remove all trace of a corrupt print > driver ...
FORMAT C: > ... but won't trash the affected PC in the process? Oh. Then no. Uninstalling software from Windows is like unscrewing a virgin. You can't go back to the way it was. That's why wipe-and-reload is such a common solution. Specifically for this case, there's no way to know what the coinstaller routines for the print driver might have done. You can remove the driver from the Spooler service's registry, and delete files from %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\, but the coinstaller might have written to some place else in the registry, or to "Program Files", or done %DEITY% knows what to one of the many magical files that Windows uses to run. You might be able to find a vendor-specific driver removal tool if you go to the vendor's support site, but such tools are only as good as the programmers who write them. (Who, if they were any good, wouldn't put us in this situation in the first place.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
