The only Parallel port device I ever used installed a pseudo-SCSI port icon
into my control panel.  When I clicked on that I could see it was using the
printer port, but the driver looked to windows like it was a SCSI driver.  I
think it even appeared in device manager under SCSI.  See if you have
something like that.  I was using a scanner, but I remember the driver
wasn't written by the scanner manufacturer, it was a generic communications
driver they slapped on to their product.  If you can't find anything to
uninstall, you should have every reason to believe the printer will work
after a clean install of windows, so that would be my next step.
Tom Turak

-----Original Message-----
From: Irena Thomas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:02 AM


On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Tom Turak wrote:
Tom,
> It certainly sounds like the portable cd writer is still lurking on the
port
> for some reason.

Is it possible to clean it up without wiping off windows ?

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