Printing after SP2

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Many people who download the XP Service Pack find their
printers do not work.

Microsoft know of the problem but have not made it simple
for people to correct, and you will be frustrated by
seeking an answer through Microsoft.

You should do a Google search with "XP Service Pack" and
the name of your printer. You will find a patch can be
downloaded for almost every printer that has a problem
with XP Service Pack.

If like me, you are using a Canon MPC190, this is the way
to fix the problem:

1- Download this file from Canon:
http://download.canon.com.au/mpc19 [...] PSxpsp2.EX
E
2- Run the patch and reboot windows

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When Microsoft decides not to be so arrogant, they will
fix such problems themselves!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

See Bruce Sanderson's article at:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/Cl [...] rivers.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"rharbord" <rharbord@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C9A6A86F-CBF2-4B54-88DE-B89187CE25DD@microsoft.com...
> Have just loaded SP2 I have found that the printer no longer works and
> when i
> look for it its gone. When I try to reinstall [or just plain install] i
> find
> that i am greeted by the message "Printer spooler not in service" i have
> tried both at the command prompt and through admin tools to get it to
> start
> but find further error message "Could not start the printer spooler on
> local
> computer, Error 1068. The dependency service or group failed to start".
> Any
> suggestions please. Thanks. Ps I'm Richard. Thanks again
>