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Paul Howes
I have posted this in win2000 printing a couple of times with no success, so
I'm trying here in hope! Here is my problem.

I have a Win2k workstation that has a printer installed for all users. The
printer is shown as :

HPDeskjet 910c Y4 1 on Workstation2

I'm guessing it must have been set-up using the PrintUIEntry command. This
printer no longer exists on the network so I want to remove it for all users
that will log on. So far I have been unable to remove it. I have tried the
following commands on the win2k workstation with no success, it just keeps
reappearing:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /gd /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c Y4
1"
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dl /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c Y4
1"

Is there a way to forcefully remove this printer please, its driving me
mad!!



pied piper
No guarantees for this either, but you can try this:
1. log in as local admin for the pc
2. if printer exists in printers folder, remove it
3. run regedit.exe
- search for and delete any keys that reference
"HPDeskjet 910c"
- you might want to also search for "Workstation2"

>-----Original Message-----
>I have posted this in win2000 printing a couple of times
with no success, so
>I'm trying here in hope! Here is my problem.
>
>I have a Win2k workstation that has a printer installed
for all users. The
>printer is shown as :
>
>HPDeskjet 910c Y4 1 on Workstation2
>
>I'm guessing it must have been set-up using the
PrintUIEntry command. This
>printer no longer exists on the network so I want to
remove it for all users
>that will log on. So far I have been unable to remove
it. I have tried the
>following commands on the win2k workstation with no
success, it just keeps
>reappearing:
>
>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /gd /n"\\Workstation2
\HPDeskjet 910c Y4
>1"
>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dl /n"\\Workstation2
\HPDeskjet 910c Y4
>1"
>
>Is there a way to forcefully remove this printer please,
its driving me
>mad!!
>
>
>.
>

Chris Knapp
Printers can be added as part of the login script using programs like
Kixtart. Did you check the login scripts?

"Paul Howes" wrote in message
news:%23gqqvcq6DHA.2628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have posted this in win2000 printing a couple of times with no success,
so
> I'm trying here in hope! Here is my problem.
>
> I have a Win2k workstation that has a printer installed for all users.
The
> printer is shown as :
>
> HPDeskjet 910c Y4 1 on Workstation2
>
> I'm guessing it must have been set-up using the PrintUIEntry command.
This
> printer no longer exists on the network so I want to remove it for all
users
> that will log on. So far I have been unable to remove it. I have tried
the
> following commands on the win2k workstation with no success, it just keeps
> reappearing:
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /gd /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c Y4
> 1"
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dl /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c Y4
> 1"
>
> Is there a way to forcefully remove this printer please, its driving me
> mad!!
>
>



Paul Howes
Yep checked the login scripts...no reference. Will try and search registry
for it when im next there as suggested above.

Thanx

"Chris Knapp" wrote in message
news:efRJa206DHA.2924@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Printers can be added as part of the login script using programs like
> Kixtart. Did you check the login scripts?
>
> "Paul Howes" wrote in message
> news:%23gqqvcq6DHA.2628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have posted this in win2000 printing a couple of times with no
success,
> so
> > I'm trying here in hope! Here is my problem.
> >
> > I have a Win2k workstation that has a printer installed for all users.
> The
> > printer is shown as :
> >
> > HPDeskjet 910c Y4 1 on Workstation2
> >
> > I'm guessing it must have been set-up using the PrintUIEntry command.
> This
> > printer no longer exists on the network so I want to remove it for all
> users
> > that will log on. So far I have been unable to remove it. I have tried
> the
> > following commands on the win2k workstation with no success, it just
keeps
> > reappearing:
> >
> > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /gd /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c
Y4
> > 1"
> > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dl /n"\\Workstation2 \HPDeskjet 910c
Y4
> > 1"
> >
> > Is there a way to forcefully remove this printer please, its driving me
> > mad!!
> >
> >
>
>