Not sure if this will help (but I've had to do this before) On the windows machine - get into the registry and remove it from the list -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers Thanks, Mark > On 4/27/05, Glenn Hennessee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Rick DeNatale wrote: >> > Thanks to Kevin and Jeff, I've now got the Windoze machine printing to >> > the printer using Cups instead of Samba. >> > >> > One more niggling windoze problem. I can't seem to get rid of the old >> > printer from the windows machine. It just sits there saying that it >> > is "deleting". If I reboot it just comes back. I tried googling but >> > didn't come up with anything. >> > >> > I know that this is a windoze question, but thought somebody here >> > might know what might be going on. >> Windows actually tries to access the printer if you just click on it. If >> the printer doesn't actually exist any longer it can take windows quite >> some time to time out. Try right clicking the mouse on the printer and >> select delete rather than left clicking and hitting the delete key. >> Right click usually bypasses the "check the status" of the printer. >> glenn >> > Well I'd already tried that, just tried it again. It doesn't seem to > make a difference. > Left clicking seems to select the printer before it brings up the context > menu. > > This is in the Windows XP (home if that matters) Faxes and Printers > window. There seem to be at least three ways to try to delete a > printer. > > 1) Select it then hit the delete this printer link in the upper left > panel of the window. > 2) Select it and hit the delete key. > 3) Left click to bring up a context menu and select delete this printer. > > All seem to work the same way, first they ask are you sure, then the > printer shows "deleting" under the printer's icon which NEVER seems to > time out. Rebooting just clears the "deleting." > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
