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[Vista] Cannot use printer, cannot DELETE printer!

I have an HP PSC1510 which would sometimes drop print jobs so I decided to reinstall it. I first selected it in control panel and hit delete and it now is stuck on "Deleting" and has been for hours! tried rebooting and it still says the same thing, any ideas?

Freddy
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Freddy

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CipherDias,

Here is a link to a Microsoft article that may be useful:

»windowshelp.microsoft.co ··· mspx#E2G

Freddy

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Open a command prompt and type:
"net stop spooler"

Now open windows explorer and browse to:
C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS\
Delete any files that may reside in here.

Now return to the command prompt and type:
"net start spooler"

You should be able to delete the printer now if it is not gone already.