Printer showing up as removable disk and will not work

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What printer? What Operating System? Have you turned anti virus off when
trying to uninstall/reinstall



"David" <jmm8373@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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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
>
>