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		<title>Completely removing Windows Vista/Windows 7 Printer Driver</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you right click on a printer and delete it, this doesn&#8217;t remove the printer driver from the machine. Sometimes when working with print servers and testing multiple drivers there will be times when you need to completely remove a driver package from the machine so you can install a new or different one. Windows [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you right click on a printer and delete it, this doesn&#8217;t remove the printer driver from the machine.  Sometimes when working with print servers and testing multiple drivers there will be times when you need to completely remove a driver package from the machine so you can install a new or different one.</p>
<p>Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a tool called the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) built into windows which you will use to remove the drivers.</p>
<h2>Step #1</h2>
<p>Reboot the machine and login as “Administrator”.</p>
<h2>Step #2</h2>
<p>Go to the start menu and start typing MMC, you will see the Microsoft Management Console shortcut appear in the start menu; click on it.<br />
<div id="attachment_706" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 425px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_1.png" alt="MMC - Remove Print Driver" title="MMC - Remove Print Driver" width="415" height="515" class="size-full wp-image-706" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC - Remove Print Driver</p></div><br />
<div id="attachment_710" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 531px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_21.png" alt="MMC " title="MMC " width="521" height="349" class="size-full wp-image-710" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC </p></div></p>
<h2>Step #3</h2>
<p>Go up to the file menu and select Add/Remove Snap-in&#8230;<br />
<div id="attachment_714" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 501px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_31.png" alt="MMC - Add/Remove Snap-in..." title="MMC - Add/Remove Snap-in..." width="491" height="295" class="size-full wp-image-714" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC - Add/Remove Snap-in...</p></div></p>
<h2>Step #4</h2>
<p>Then scroll down in the list and select the &#8220;Print Management&#8221; snap-in and then hit &#8220;Add&#8221;.<br />
<div id="attachment_716" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 331px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_4.png" alt="MMC - Print Management" title="MMC - Print Management" width="321" height="403" class="size-full wp-image-716" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC - Print Management</p></div></p>
<h2>Step #5</h2>
<p>At this screen you are going to want to select &#8220;Add the Local Server&#8221;, hit Finish, and then hit ok.<br />
<div id="attachment_718" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 461px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_5.png" alt="MMC - Add the Local Server" title="MMC - Add the Local Server" width="451" height="247" class="size-full wp-image-718" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC - Add the Local Server</p></div></p>
<h2>Step #6</h2>
<p>Then you can scroll down to your computer name, select the drivers tree and then right click on the driver you want to remove and select &#8220;Remove Driver Package&#8221;.<br />
<div id="attachment_720" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 453px"><img src="http://blog.brianleejackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/printer_tutorial_7_6.png" alt="MMC - Remove Driver Package" title="MMC - Remove Driver Package" width="443" height="243" class="size-full wp-image-720" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MMC - Remove Driver Package</p></div></p>
<h2>Step #7</h2>
<p>Make sure you reboot your machine before trying to add new or different print drivers.</p>

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