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Doc
All of a sudden I am getting a failure message when I start my computer. It says the printer isn't working. That printer was replaced a year ago and is no longer hooked up. When I try to remove the software for that printer a message says it's in use and I can't remove it until it finishes printing. It's not printing. It's no longer here. It will never finish. What the Hell?
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  • hunterws
    open current printing jobs, in your task bar. cancel all print jobs started. Then you should be able to clear, reset and move on.

    Hope that helps, if it did not, go to stat, help, etc and get answer there.
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  • spurgemastur
    Does the computer give you the option to cancel the failure message and proceed as normal?

    If it were me, I'd probably live with that problem for many months before I figured it out.

    But....have you gone into the printers and faxes item in your control panel, opened the offending printer and looked to see if any documents are queued? If so, cancel them and re-delete the printer software.
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  • D1
    What he said.
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  • dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by hunterws
    open current printing jobs, in your task bar. cancel all print jobs started. Then you should be able to clear, reset and move on.

    Hope that helps, if it did not, go to stat, help, etc and get answer there.


    Yep, then uninstall the printer software and driver so it doesn't happen again.

    If that fails, you can put in the windows disk and do a "repair" on the installation to clear the error.
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  • Doc
    I actually figured out that I needed to tell the printer to quit (I don't know why it got started) and then it let me uninstall.

    Thanks for the help. Appreciate it.
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  • rustyh
    I am not an expert but in these situstions I usually express anguish and frustration by exhaling loudly and grunting. You can sacrifice something to the microsoft gods, that seems to help. Raising your fists into the air and shaking them also has an effect.
    After I do all these I would do what they said above. Good luck.
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  • spurgemastur
    quote:Originally posted by rustyh
    I am not an expert but in these situstions I usually express anguish and frustration by exhaling loudly and grunting. You can sacrifice something to the microsoft gods, that seems to help. Raising your fists into the air and shaking them also has an effect.
    After I do all these I would do what they said above. Good luck.


    You might try peeing into the keyboard too. I've heard that works wonders!
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