Remove Old Drivers After Upgrading to New Hardware. If you are experiencing weird issues after upgrading your hardware, or you’ve just upgraded to the latest hardware device and aren’t seeing the performance you’d like, you might want to remove the old drivers which are still installed for the old hardware, even though you can’t normally see them in device manager. What you have to do is set a less- known flag to allow you to see non- present devices, and then launch device manager. You’ll then see the old devices in the list, and can uninstall the drivers for them. In Windows 7 or Vista, the first thing you’ll need to do is open a command prompt in administrator mode. Type cmd into the start menu search box, and then use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open in administrator mode. Notice how I have 6 mice in the list, even though I only have two installed (and my drawing tablet). The other 3 mice are old mice that I’ve used until they died. I’ve found that this can resolve a lot of weird issues, and even increase performance on some machines where you’ve upgraded a ton of times. This isn’t necessarily going to increase performance, but it’s nice to have a tidy computer nonetheless. This tip also works the same in Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Windows XP - Remove Any Network Printer via Registry Editor. Posted April 2. 1, 2. Jimmy Selix in Windows. At some point in dealing with Windows XP and printers, you’ve probably have come across a network printer that you cannot remove no matter what you do or who you login as. At some point in dealing with Windows XP and printers, you’ve probably have come across a network printer that you cannot remove no matter what you do or who you. Spiritchaser asked the Answer Line forum how to remove it. Microsoft started bundling. This recipe will explain how to remove ANY network printer from Windows XP via the Registry. This does require the user being an administrator account. WARNING: Editing the Registry improperly can cause adverse performance of your operating system and can even cause your OS to be corrupted or non- bootable. This will deal with network printers only. ![]() Login as the account that is having problems removing a printer. If the account is not an admin account, I would recommend making it one to make things easier. Open the Registry Editor. You can do this by going to your Start Menu > Run and then type “regedit” in the run box and hit Enter. Step 3. In the Registry Editor, Expand the My Computer area. Then go to this location: HKEY. Click on the printer name and hit the delete button. Now the printer will instantly disappear from the printers and faxes list. There is also one more spot to remove the printer from in the Registry. Go to HKEY. If you do not have any other network printers on that server, you can delete the folder of the print server. Otherwise, find the printer under the print server folder (ie my- print) and delete the printer. To finish the registry edits, close the Registry Editor and then reboot. Hopefully that network printer will no longer show. Again, like most things that are done in the registry editor, BE CAREFUL on what you delete or do not. Bad registry edits can cause your XP machine not to boot or BSOD. How to Reset Windows Vista. If your Windows Vista computer stops working unexpectedly due to a system error or virus, or you want to completely wipe the hard drive.![]()
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