printers disappear and spooler stops

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I am having problems with printing from my laptop using any installed
application. My Epson Printer keeps on coming and going from Printers and
Faxes, when it is there and i try and look at the properties for it i get
some messages saying that the print spooler service is not running, (if i
restart the service I can get the properties for a few seconds), and some
saying that a DLL or other component is missing.
My Windows is up to date with its patches and fixes as of today

I have tried clearing out all printer drivers
I have tried reloadin the latest driver (downloaded today from Epson)
I have tried the registry changes suggested on this forum, in fact i have
tried everything i can find on this forum about printing / spooler problems.
I print to a print server on my home network and have removed and reloaded
all software related to the print server.
I have tried disabling Norton internet security.

No hardware has changed and no new software has been installed since the
last time I printed ok a few days ago

PLEASE HELP.....
 
Does it work correctly if you connect it directly to a USB port on one of
the PCs on your network.... to try to eliminate the print server as the
problem.
 
Thanks Cari.

Already tried this and printer works ok from at least two other PC's on
network to print server and as a directly connected printer but not from my
laptop....
 
Since my last post I have noticed that the language button (EN) on the taks
bar sometimes flashes and sometimes disappears. not sure if this is relevent
 
Its ok i have fixed the problem. Luckly my laptop has a recovery feature, it
reinstalled windows and all is ok now.

Thanks
 
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