Firefox Add-on won't uninstall

I'm on a Vista laptop using Firefox 3.5.3. The "HP Smart Web Printing 4.05" automatically installed(or I didn't uncheck the box) and is not compatible with my version of firefox, but the option to uninstall is greyed out and not clickable. Any suggestions on what I should do about this?
Thanks!

Uninstall HP SWP from the Add\Remove Programs list.
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Your reviews of the standard articles by forum junkies that just shoot out links of more engineering pages like this one are resulting in slamming the mouse, pounding the
keyboard and cussing aloud that even your cat probably won't be emerging for a few days, articles such as these that might already be highlited visited and open using Internet
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