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    From Boris@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 23 02:05:33 2023
    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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  • From Boris@21:1/5 to Stan Brown on Mon Oct 23 03:07:15 2023
    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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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Boris on Sun Oct 22 20:00:10 2023
    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.

    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From Wally J@21:1/5 to Boris on Mon Oct 23 01:09:44 2023
    XPost: comp.periphs.printers, alt.comp.freeware

    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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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Boris on Mon Oct 23 05:05:44 2023
    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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  • From Bill@21:1/5 to Boris on Mon Oct 23 16:55:48 2023
    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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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to Boris on Mon Oct 23 19:30:23 2023
    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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