Lost printer drivers and unable to install a new printer

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Hi,

I painted my office a couple of weeks ago and when I did I unpluged the computer and didn't use it for a couple of days. When I rebooted I had lost all printer drivers. The print wizzard will not open to reinstall a printer. When I try it says operation can not be completed.

At or about the saame time, the window that comes up with ctrl-alt-del is pushed has changed.

Any suggestions on how to "write" the ship?

Bodeebo

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Your print spooler is not running. From the command prompt, type

net start spooler
(and hit enter)

The printer should now magically reappear - provided it is connected to the
same USB port as it was before.
--
Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"Bodeebo" <Bodeebo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:336CFF8E-8FB3-4144-AEF1-397FF74538B5@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I painted my office a couple of weeks ago and when I did I unpluged the
> computer and didn't use it for a couple of days. When I rebooted I had
> lost all printer drivers. The print wizzard will not open to reinstall a
> printer. When I try it says operation can not be completed.
>
> At or about the saame time, the window that comes up with ctrl-alt-del is
> pushed has changed.
>
> Any suggestions on how to "write" the ship?
>
> Bodeebo