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title: "How to clean Windows Printer ports and drivers when faulty?"
slug: "how-to-clean-windows-printer-ports-and-drivers-when-faulty"
updated: 2024-04-02T09:30:00Z
published: 2024-04-02T09:30:00Z
canonical: "kb.pharos.com/how-to-clean-windows-printer-ports-and-drivers-when-faulty"
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# How to clean Windows Printer ports and drivers when faulty?

### Question:

How to clean Windows Printer ports and drivers when faulty?

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### Information:

There are numerous documents and articles on the Internet on how to remove faulty Print Drivers, Port Monitors and other Print Spooler related items from Windows by editing the Windows Registry.

Per the articles always make backups of things before making changes. Here is a Microsoft community post on the topic. If you have trouble with the content or article contact the author and post in the Microsoft Community. These are not processes created by Pharos Support.

[https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/221d7028-417b-41f1-8dbb-8d9ef76518ac/printer-reset-tool-for-windows-10?forum=win10itprohardware](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/221d7028-417b-41f1-8dbb-8d9ef76518ac/printer-reset-tool-for-windows-10?forum=win10itprohardware)

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