The printer spooler stopping is usually a good sign of corrupted drivers.

See:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"JawKnee" <JawKnee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yesterday I tried installing an HP All-in-One on my XP Pro box -- this was
> the first time I've tried installing any printer on it since I got my Dell
> PC
> since the summer.
>
> The installation has failed every single time. I noticed that my Print
> Spooler service wasn't running so I started it. If it wasn't already set
> to
> Automatic, I made it start Automatically. What I noticed was the Print
> Spooler service kept on stopping even after I restarted it. I assume this
> is
> why the installation is failing.
>
> Again, this was the first time I've tried installing any printers on the
> box.
>
> So why does my Print Spooler service stop all of the time?
>
> I've installed this printer on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server box without
> issue in the past.