printer and fax folder EMPTY - Help!

[Professor Yedidyah Langsam]

I turned on my notebook today and found the printer and fax folder empty. I
had many printers installed and now they are all gone. I am unable to print
from any application. and the add printer wizard does not work with the
following error message: "operation could not be completed"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Yedidyah
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Professor Yedidyah Langsam
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College of CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210

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Web: http://eilat.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu
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voice: (718) 951-4161
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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Start the Print Spooler service (click Start | Run | type "services.msc")

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message I turned on my notebook today and found the printer and fax folder empty. I
had many printers installed and now they are all gone. I am unable to print
from any application. and the add printer wizard does not work with the
following error message: "operation could not be completed"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Yedidyah
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Professor Yedidyah Langsam
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College of CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210

email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://eilat.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu
ICQ: 10661149
AOL IM: BCCISProf
voice: (718) 951-4161
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[CS]

I turned on my notebook today and found the printer and fax folder empty. I
had many printers installed and now they are all gone. I am unable to print
from any application. and the add printer wizard does not work with the
following error message: "operation could not be completed"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Yedidyah

Time to do a complete scan of your notebook with good up to date
antivirus software.....

 

[Professor Yedidyah Langsam]

Thanks for the response. However, I tried that already and it didn't work. I
also scanned the entire disk for viruses and there weren't any,

Any other ideas?

Yedidyah

 

[Professor Yedidyah Langsam]

Start the Print Spooler service (click Start | Run | type "services.msc")

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
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message I turned on my notebook today and found the printer and fax folder empty. I
had many printers installed and now they are all gone. I am unable to print
from any application. and the add printer wizard does not work with the
following error message: "operation could not be completed"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Yedidyah
--
==============================================================
Professor Yedidyah Langsam
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College of CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210

email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://eilat.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu
ICQ: 10661149
AOL IM: BCCISProf
voice: (718) 951-4161
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[Ramesh [MVP]]

May be due to incorrect Services configuration. Visit www.blackviper.com and
download the default services configuration script (.REG) and apply. If this
din't work, you may try here: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax for
faster response.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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message Thanks for the response. However, I tried that already and it didn't work. I
also scanned the entire disk for viruses and there weren't any,

Any other ideas?

Yedidyah