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Old 11-25-2006, 01:51 AM
Rod Speed
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Default Re: Uninstalling Hardware

Dave C. <myaddress.net> wrote

> I have a CD\DVD burner installed and I wish to uninstall it then re-install it.


> I remember how to install it using Control Panel>Install Hardware,


You dont need to do that with a CD\DVD burner, just plug it in and it will show up.

> but I can not remember where and how to install it.


You presumably mean uninstall it. You dont need to do
anything special there, it uses standard Win drivers.

You can uninstall the burning software if you want
to, using the usual Add/Remove Programs.

> I think it is somewhere in AdministrativeTools


Nope, not with the hardware.

> The reason is that when I first installed it, the name of it came up
> (in Explorer) as a printer because I neglected to correctly name it
> as a burner. Right clicking it anywhere does not give me the option
> of renaming it. So I figure doing this will allow me to correctly name it.


Just delete that bogus 'printer' in the Printers and Faxes folder with XP.



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