he is why even the network printer is there: I had decided to print back to front, like a weirdo: The actual printers for the Printers and Faxes applet are all stored - along with their driver, spooler, port, and other info - in a completely different registry key structure within: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentContr