Uninstalled Bonjour, now startup error message.

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Uninstalled Bonjour, now startup error message.

I have just set up a network using an Airport Extreme router. The users on the network all use Windows XP. The printer connected to the Airport is an HP 3050 AIO. Bonjour would see the printer but would not send print jobs.

SWet the printer connections up manually by creating a new port address and setting it to 10.0.1.1 (the address of the router). All the PC's can now print. I uninstalled Bonjour from the PC's.

The problem now is that when the PC's boot up, they show an error message "an application could not start because dnssd.dll could not be found". What is the application? Is a piece of Bonjour stil in Windows? The PC's have iTunes loaded. Is this the culprit?

After I click "OK", the PC's finish booting, see the network, print normally, and acess the internet. How can I get rid of the error message?

All help would be appreciated.

HP Pavillion a767c, Windows Vista

Posted on Aug 5, 2008 1:39 PM

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RobCool

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Aug 21, 2008 7:15 PM in response to MegaBite

Same problem here. Any help appreciated.

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kae

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Aug 23, 2008 2:44 PM in response to MegaBite

You might try this:

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/10/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-bonjou r-mdnsresponderexe/

Here is the text from that page:

Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.

*How to uninstall Bonjour*

If you’ve installed software by Apple such as iTunes, software by Adobe such as Premiere Pro, Skype, Gizmo, chances are there’s already a Bonjour folder in your Program Files. This service starts automatically and runs a process named mDNSResponder.exe which cannot be ended by Windows Task Manager. If you do not want Bonjour to be in your computer and want to uninstall it, sometimes you can’t find any uninstaller for it! Even if you go to Control Panel’s Add or Remove Program, you can’t find the uninstaller there as well.

Here’s how to safely uninstall Bonjour and remove mDNSResponder.exe

Just follow the few simple steps below to remove Bonjour fro your computer.

1. Go to Start > Run > type the command below and hit OK.

“%PROGRAMFILES%\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe” -remove

2. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Bonjour
3. Rename the mdnsNSP.dll file in that folder to mdnsNSP.old
4. Restart your computer
5. Delete the Program Files\Bonjour folder

The first command will stop and remove Bonjour Service from your computer. To confirm, go to Start > Run and type services.msc. Look for Bonjour Service name. If it’s not there, you’ve successfully removed it.

Gizmo Project has created a small tool (35KB TurnOffBonjour.exe http://download.gizmoproject.com/jasmine/TurnOffBonjour.exe) that turns off and removes Bonjour service. However, it will not remove the Bonjour folder from Program Files. You will still need to manually delete the Bonjour folder after restart. The reason why you’re advised to delete the folder after restart is in case there’s a problem, the Bonjour files are still there for you to restore.

If you encountered problems after uninstalling or removing Bonjour, you can download and reinstall Bonjour.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows.html

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