The Parallel port driver service failed to start

After migrating virtual machines from Virtual Server 2005 to Hyper-V, the following error message was prompted during start-up:

 

 

In the system event log the following event is logged:

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Service Control Manager

Event Category: None

Event ID: 7000

Description:
The Parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Same event is logged after P2V migration of servers, in my case it was Windows Server 2003.

In order to prevent this error from showing, I have disabled Parport service from registry, by setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Parport\Start to 4.

 

The following values for Start parameter are possible:

 

2	Automatic. This is the default setting.
3	Manual.
4	Disable.