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<p>If you have tried to delete a printer port on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 by using Print Manager, you might have noticed that there is no &#8216;Server Properties&#8217; option in the drop-down file menu.</p>
<p>Reason for this is relocation of Printer Management to Server Management Console.</p>
<p>For a start, you will have to install Print and Document Services Role.</p>
<p>Open the Server Manager from the Taskbar and expand the Roles for the server so Local Server name is displayed and select <strong>PORTS</strong>.</p>
<p>In the right pane you are able to delete the printer port.</p>
<p><img src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/print_port_2008r2.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re having issues with installation of the new printer, try to delete any registry keys that might exist in registry.</p>
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<p>Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:</p>
<p><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\</strong></p>
<p>When you try to share the printer you might get the following error:</p>
<p><strong>Windows could not share your printer. Operation could not be completed (Error 0x000006D9)</strong></p>
<p><b><img src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/error sharing printer 42.png" alt="" /><br />
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<p>This problem is related with integrated Windows 2008 R2 firewall. To be able to install and share printers on Windows Server 2008 R2 you have to <strong>enable </strong>Windows Firewall.</p>