Print spooler stops running

[Kenny]

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?

 

[Boba & Ilinka]

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

 

[joy]

I am sure this is a dumb question - but how do I remove a printer from the
registry.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

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

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

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[Tom Ferguson]

The most common cause of a spooler sub-system failure is indeed problems
with the printer driver(s). I suggest you try deleting the driver (again),
cleaning up, and re-installing the drivers.

http://www.epson.ca/cgi-bin/ceStore...=56291069&infoType=Downloads&platform=Windows

This site might help with the driver clean-up.
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm