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At one point, we had a policy that would add the printers to computer. &nbsp;The policy has since been remove and the original printer server is also gone. &nbsp;I have two systems, that I am aware of that are still showing the printers. &nbsp;If I manually uninstall them and restart the computer, they reappear. &nbsp;This is causing slowness because the system is trying to connect to a server and printer that no longer exist. &nbsp;How do I resolve this?<br />
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We have a Windows Server 2008 DC, previously was 2003. &nbsp;The clients in questions are XP.
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At one point, we had a policy that would add the printers to computer.  The policy has since been remove and the original printer server is also gone.  I have two systems, that I am aware of that are still showing the printers.  If I manually uninstall them and restart the computer, they reappear.  This is causing slowness because the system is trying to connect to a server and printer that no longer exist.  How do I resolve this?

We have a Windows Server 2008 DC, previously was 2003.  The clients in questions are XP.

Printers keep reappearing after uninstalling.  Originally installed with group policy.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.