Printer shows up as removable disk in My Computer and will..

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Hello,
I was wondering if someone could help

me with a printer problem. I have

been here before with the same

problem and I fixed it, but now it is

back. I was going to print something

and it said that I needed to install

a printer. When I go to add a

printer in control panel, it says:
Operation could not be completed, and

my Epson printer is not showing up

here as well, although it shows up

under hidden devices in device

manager with no splats. When I try

to uninstall the printer in device

manager, it says:
Failed to uninstall the device. The

device may be required to boot up the

computer.
Additional information:
I am on a LAN but the printer is

connected directly to the computer

that I am trying to print from via

USB.
In addition:

My printer shows up in My Computer

as: Removable Disk.

When I go to add/remove programs to

delete EPSON printer software, it

says: Epson S. P. 825 temporary

files' cannot be removed from this

system. Currently, some files are

being used by applications. Terminate

them, and try again.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
David 747