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This happened to me in Windows XP. Every time I would start the computer A hardware wizard would detect a new printer when there wasn't one.

Here's how I finally fixed the problem…

Go to control panel and click on Performance and Maintenance.

Click on System.

Click on Hardware.

Click on Device Manager.

At the top, Click on view. . .

. . .then click on Show hidden devices.

I found the phantom printer listed here, I right-clicked on it

And deleted.

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