Removing old Scanners

RandomFool

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I ran into an odd problem. I got a new scanner to replace this really old one that was dying on me. The old one actually replaced a canon i had that was pretty nice but ended up braking do to it getting packed underneath my tv when i moved. Anyways now when i'm in Adobe trying to scan i've got a list of 5 scanners only one of which i have and use. Is there a way to track down the old ones and destroy them forever? Thanks.
-Ryan
 

LED

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I just remove the software then click and remove from Scanners and Cameras?
 

Jeff7

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And while you're in Device Manager, click on View, then Show Hidden Devices. Then you can delete the old, unconnected devices. If that doesn't get it, you can take a risk of sleuthing around the registry. But that can cause serious problems if you delete the wrong stuff.
 

Zepper

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Yeah, use Add/remove software to remove the drivers and other programs and then just remove the devices themselves from Device Manager. You may also want to try the add/remove hardware tool in Control Panel.
.bh.

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