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Help me kill the ZOMBIE LASERJET 6L!!!
One of the computers in my office is running Win98. We recently got an HP
LaserJet 1300 on our network. It won't print to the 1300, presumably because there is a LaserJet 6L in the printer folder that is set to default. The Laserjet 6L cannot be uninstalled. If you delete it, it keeps coming back. It wants to find the printer on a port that does not exist (//Matt/holycow/, which was on a networked computer that hasn't been in the office for at least six months). So far, I have: - Uninstalled the 6L in both regular and Safe mode; - Deleted all files related to the printer that I could find, that is to say all files on the hard drives that have laserjet, 6L, HP or PCL in their names; - Gone through the registry and deleted all registry keys obviously related to the printer (again looking for laserjet, 6L, HP, PCL, "printer," "matt", "holycow", and other strings, deleting everything that looked probably related to that printer (after backing up the reg just in case I blow something up); - re-named the Windows CAB folder so it can't find the drivers to reinstall the printer. When I boot into Win98 regular, it reinstalls the printer, which now appears greyed-out in the Printers folder with "User Intervention Required." If I uninstall in Safe mode and reboot, the Printers folder provides a HP LASERJET 6L PCL pop-up window that says "This printer could not be upgraded. Please reinstall the pritner from the Printers folder." The printer reinstalls as soon as I boot into Win98 mode again. HELP ME KILL THIS PRINTER. I feel like I'm going nuts. I always thought that guy in the "cat came back" song was sort of a jerk...UNTIL NOW. Please help me! E-mail directly if you can, and I'll check this group when possible. Thanks! - Matt http://www.man-man.org |
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