Delete a TCP/IP port?

How do I delete a TCP/IP port?

I am trying to delete a TCP/IP port -- it's a long story. This is what I
do:
-- Control Panel
-- Printers and Faxes
-- Right click on any printer
-- Click on Properties
-- Click on Port tab
-- Scroll down to the port I want to delete, highlight it, and click on
Remove Port button.
-- I get a confirmation "Do you really want to delete this port?"
-- Click YES
-- Then I get an error message that this resource is in use and I can't
delete it.

The port is not in use. Nothing is connected to it. How do I get rid of
it?

Yes, I also tried:
-- Control Panel
-- Printers and Faxes
-- Put the cursor in the white space on the right side of the Printers and
Faxes page, right-click, click on Server Properties to open a list of
ports -- and I get the same thing when I try to delete it.

Help.

Thanks.

"Joe S." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> How do I delete a TCP/IP port?
>
> I am trying to delete a TCP/IP port -- it's a long story. This is what I
> do:
> -- Control Panel
> -- Printers and Faxes
> -- Right click on any printer
> -- Click on Properties
> -- Click on Port tab
> -- Scroll down to the port I want to delete, highlight it, and click on
> Remove Port button.
> -- I get a confirmation "Do you really want to delete this port?"
> -- Click YES
> -- Then I get an error message that this resource is in use and I can't
> delete it.
>
> The port is not in use. Nothing is connected to it. How do I get rid of
> it?
>
> Yes, I also tried:
> -- Control Panel
> -- Printers and Faxes
> -- Put the cursor in the white space on the right side of the Printers and
> Faxes page, right-click, click on Server Properties to open a list of
> ports -- and I get the same thing when I try to delete it.
>
> Help.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

I'm not really sure what I did but I deleted the port.