Vista - Print spooler stops running

I have a Gateway laptop running Vista Home Premium. I also have a Dell 4600
on which I have a Epson Stylus Color 600 installed. I can share this printer
with another computer running Windows 98SE with no problem. When I try to add
this printer and share it with laptop on my network I get the message telling
me that the spooler subsystem has stopped running. When I restart it and
reboot I get the message again that it has stopped. The only way I can clear
this problem is to do a restore system to a good working date. This has been
happening since the day I first put my laptop in service. I am able to print
to PrimoPDF which I resorted to after being unable to install my printer. It
looks like a lot of others running Vista are experiencing the same problem I
have. Do you think SP1 will address this problem?

Remove printer from registry than update vista, printer driver and adobe
reader. If you print from adobe, print as an image.

good lack

Boba Vankufer

"Kenny" <Kenny@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am sure this is a dumb question - but how do I remove a printer from the
registry.

"Boba & Ilinka" wrote:

not dumb, it's the last step when all others fail.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

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