Windows 10: Greg Carmack - Reply to "how to disable WSD in control panel" Question - Need Help That...

Greg Carmack -Would welcome your help with steps outlined in your reply to RossRester's question about 'how to disable WSD in control panel - Microsoft Community." Like others, I can't connect to or keep stable connections to my printers due to MS-controlled driver changes. All went well 'til Step, 5 when I received your forewarned "access denied/printer in use" message. As a result, I followed the instructions for startup in diagnostic mode, then rebooted as directed. And found myself in a bind.The login screen appeared, minus the login fields. Just my background image... I pressed "enter" an

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how to disable WSD in control panel

How do you disable WSD, System is constantly adding network printers?

 

how to disable WSD in control panel

Hi Ross. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

Turn it off the same way as shown here for WIndows 7:
https://www.cantecireland.ie/wsd-seems-great-in...

To avoid problems with printers and oppressive WIndows Updating I would also clean install each printer by removing all related drivers first, otherwise it will find a reason to trip over them. Here's the procedure which has had zero return problems after linking
it countless thousands of times:

Rather than spending too much more time fiddling I'd simply Clean Reinstall the printer which always works, lasts longer and actually saves time:

1) Power up the printer, if wired unplug it's USB cable from PC.

2) Go to Settings>Apps>Apps and Features to find and Uninstall the printer software.

3) Next type CMD in Start Search, right click Command Prompt result to Run as Admin, copy and paste in the following command and press Enter: printui /s /t2 (Note that there is one space before each forward slash).

4 Open the Print Server properties, Remove the printer’s drivers for this printer and for any other printers you don't use presently.

5) If you get a message about access denied or the printer being in use and you cannot find the driver or any installed program that would account for this, you may restart the computer in a diagnostic startup and then use the printui command to remove the
driver package(s):
https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/enable-dia...

You must restart back to normal mode before you will be able to install the printer again.

6) Now type Control Panel in Start Search, open CP, choose Icon View. In Control Panel open Devices and Printers, right click the printer to delete the Printer and any scanner or fax of the same name. Restart PC.

7) Go to the printer model’s Support Downloads webpage to download and install the latest full software package. Now is also the time to check for any newer printer firmware to install which matters a lot.

Older software may need to be installed in Compatibility Mode to run correctly:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/run-old-softwa...

8) Extract Printer software, right click Setup file to Run as Administrator. Follow the setup screens closely as you install the software. For USB it should prompt when to plug in the printer.

If you have further problems reply back with results of each step.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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windows 10 control panel

Hello,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you want to know how to access the control panel in Windows 10?

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would suggest you to try the following steps to open the Control Panel in the system.

Step 1: Opening Control Panel in Windows 10.

• 
  Open Run command box by simultaneously pressing Windows and R keys (Windows + R).
  
• 
  In the Run dialog box, type
  Control and then press Enter key to open the classic Control Panel.
  

Step 2: Access Control Panel in Windows 10 from desktop.

• 
  Right-click on the Start button (Windows logo button at the bottom-left corner of the desktop) and then click Control Panel to open the same.
  

Step 3: Launch Control Panel using search.

• 
  Open Start menu or screen.
  
• 
  In the search box, enter Control Panel and then press Enter key to open the same.
  

Note: You can quickly access the search with the help of Windows + C hotkey.

Step 4: Create Control Panel shortcut on desktop.

• Right-click on desktop, click New, and then click Shortcut.
• In Type the location of the item box, type the following path.

explorer shell:ControlPanelFolder

• Click Next button.
• In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type Control Panel, and click Finish button. You can now double-click on the Control Panel icon on the desktop to quickly launch the same.

Step 5: Pin Control Panel to Start or taskbar.

• 
  In the Start search box, type Control Panel.
  
• 
  When you see search results, right-click on Control Panel entry and then click Pin to Start to pin it to the Start menu or screen.
  

Note: Clicking Pin to taskbar will pin the Control Panel to taskbar.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.