On Vista (Home Basic and Buriness versions) I lose all access to printers
periodically causing all Office programs to hang. The problem seems to
happen when a secutiry update is installed or a new application is installed.
The fix is to either go back to a restore point prior to the noted install
or to disable startup items. The problem is definitely associated with a
startup item but I cannot determine the cause for the conflict.

"Peace Church" Peace wrote in message
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On Vista (Home Basic and Buriness versions) I lose all access to printers
periodically causing all Office programs to hang. The problem seems to
happen when a secutiry update is installed or a new application is
installed.
The fix is to either go back to a restore point prior to the noted
install
or to disable startup items. The problem is definitely associated with a
startup item but I cannot determine the cause for the conflict.

See my thread "Print Errors in Vista".

It appears that all apps do not access printers the same way.

After adding a PDF printer, then flip flopping around the default printer,
things seem to be working now.

Maybe this hack will help u?

When the problem surfaces I cannot even access Printers in Control Panel so I
cannot change defaults. There is no way to access any printer operation at
all. I either have to do a restore to a previous day or start disabling
startup items (that were not causing problems earlier) to get running again
and have the ability to access printer functions to start making changes.

It is a horrible problem to troubleshoot because of the total loss of access
to any printer function.

"Howard Kaikow" wrote:

"Peace Church" Peace wrote in message
...
On Vista (Home Basic and Buriness versions) I lose all access to printers
periodically causing all Office programs to hang. The problem seems to
happen when a secutiry update is installed or a new application is
installed.
The fix is to either go back to a restore point prior to the noted
install
or to disable startup items. The problem is definitely associated with a
startup item but I cannot determine the cause for the conflict.

See my thread "Print Errors in Vista".

It appears that all apps do not access printers the same way.

After adding a PDF printer, then flip flopping around the default printer,
things seem to be working now.

Maybe this hack will help u?