Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it, and
it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8, 2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Thanks.

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Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in news:MPG.3f9f81955c6b59c9901eb@news.individual.net:

On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:05:33 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it,
and it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8,
2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Have you tried looking up the error number? That might give you an
idea.

Yes, I have, and it's not informative.

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:05:33 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it, and it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8, 2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Have you tried looking up the error number? That might give you an
idea.

--
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Shikata ga nai...

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Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> wrote

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Have you tried looking up the error number? That might give you an
idea.

Yes, I have, and it's not informative.

There may be other options on comp.periphs.printers perhaps?
<http://groups.google.com/g/comp.periphs.printers>

There may be a solution with SUMO/DUMO also.
<https://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo>
<https://www.kcsoftwares.com/?dumo>

One might be to find any driver that "thinks" it's the right driver, and
then maybe Windows will stop trying to update it, perhaps???
<http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx>

From my archives, here's how to use that site.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166>

For example, here's the legacy driver I always have issues installing.
<http://www.easydriverpro.com/driver-update/printers/hp/laserjet-2100/laserjet-2100-windows-10.html>

BTW, to download Sumo/Dumo, I think you'd better hurry based on this
<https://www.kcsoftwares.com/?buy>
Termination notice
KC Softwares activities are to be terminated by end of October 2023.
All products are to be considered as End-Of-Life (EOL) on October 31st 2023.
Sales are stopped.

SUMo
DUMo
IDPhotoStudio
VideoInspector
KCleaner
HDDExpert
RAMExpert
BATExpert
PortExpert
dot11Expert
MassCert
Startup Sentinel
Zer0
AudioGrail
PhotoToFilm
AVIToolbox
ApHeMo
K-ML
KFK
Ignition
Vampix
K-Mail (Active-X)
K-FTP (Active-X)
etc.
--
It's almost worthless to solve a problem and only help one person doing it.
So I added the printer and freeware newsgroups, both of which are archived.

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On 10/22/2023 10:05 PM, Boris wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it, and it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8, 2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Thanks.

The error is a bit deceptive, because I think something is
looking for the item in the Registry (ENUM tree) and so on.

0x800F020B -2146500085 SPAPI_E_No_Such_Devinst The device instance does not exist

"The device instance does not exist in the hardware tree."

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-windows-update-error-0x800f020b

"Before moving forward, it is recommended that you make sure
that the device on which the update is to be installed is
connected perfectly."

*******

Reinstall the Canon printer driver, using the optical media in the box.
This will put a device instance in the device tree for you. Follow
the instructions in the box, regarding when to plug the working printer in. Some driver installs require "device unplugged", others require "device plugged in"
so the PNP can be detected.

If the driver is in the Programs and Features control panel

Start : Run : control.exe

then you could see if it has a "repair" option as well as "uninstall".
Perhaps repairing it, would then allow the WU incoming, to work.

I checked my Canon driver on the Windows 7 install, and it does not
have a Repair option, so the last suggestion is unlikely to apply.

Paul

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On 10/22/2023 10:05 PM, Boris wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it, and it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8, 2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

Thanks.

I am not an expert as some of the others who responded, but I assume you
tried "uninstalling"everything associated with it" (and reinstalling the device). This includes folders for the device. I would look in Task
Manager and use CCleaner (in hopes of getting lucky and finding anything relevant to uninstall). If that didn't work, I would search the registry
and edit that, if necessary (deleting relevant items).
I hope this might possibly be helpful. Good luck! In case luck should
not be on your side, consider doing a backup first! : )

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Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 22H2

This Canon printer driver keeps failing to install. I don't need it, and it's been failing since it first tried to install on August 8, 2023.

How can I stop it from continuing to try to install?

https://postimg.cc/grkf4Xjw

You don't specify what is attempting to download and install the driver.
Would that be the Windows Update client? If so, disable hardware
updates in Windows. Hardware updates should never be allowed to install
just because a new version appears. New version often do not apply to
you, make changes not relevant to your particular hardware, and
introduce new code (fix old bugs, introduce new bugs).

You can use a tweaker, like WinAero Tweaker, to disable hardware
updates, or do it manually yourself; see:

https://winaero.com/how-to-turn-off-driver-updates-in-windows-update-in-windows-10/

I disable WU from doing hardware updates immediately after doing a fresh install of the OS. I will decide when driver updates will get applied,
and that's after I determine if the update is applicable to my hardware,
and if it actually gives me anything (a fix doesn't mean it applies to
my configuration).

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