cant add a printer HELP

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See steps 15 through 17 at Bruce Sanderson's website at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/Cl [...] rivers.htm
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Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"barbara" <barbarawoods@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>I have uninstalled my lexmark printer but it has left a
> big problem,I cant add any printer "operation could not
> complete,print spooler not running" In services an LexBce
> server is there & although Ive tried disabling it,I keep
> getting "RPC server unavailable" or " cannot start
> spooler error 1068" I t seems the Lex file is working
> like a server or something.In its properties it says "
> this service depends on the following system component =
> (RPC)& the following system components depend on this
> service =Print Spooler, Ive tried restarting spooler but
> no luck, PLEASE can you tell me how to get rid of this
> problem,as I have no printer now for my son to finish his
> school coursework for next week.
> I also get the message " the dependency service or group
> failed to start
> G_M@ntlworld.com
>