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    Windows 7 HP 1018 Driver Corrupted -- Unable to Uninstall

    I did what you suggested, and there were two Shockwave files in there, which I deleted. And now -- my printer works! I've just run off a Word doc and a PDF. I think the problem comes from a PDF file that was sent to me and which I tried to print. It was on receipt yesterday run through my McAfee...
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    Windows 7 HP 1018 Driver Corrupted -- Unable to Uninstall

    Thanks for all the advice so far. Something very odd is happening with the Print Spooler on Computer Management (CM). On the CM status it says that it has 'started', but when I click on it and open it, it says 'stopped' on the service status. I click on 'start' and then tried to print a Word...
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    Windows 7 HP 1018 Driver Corrupted -- Unable to Uninstall

    The message I get when I try to print something (Word doc, PDF) is 'Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler or restart the machine.' However, when using the HP Doctor, I can print a test sheet. Just now I downloaded from...
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    Windows 7 HP 1018 Driver Corrupted -- Unable to Uninstall

    The driver for my HP 1018 has become corrupted and I tried to reinstall it. However, when I tried to uninstall the existing driver via the HP Print and Scan Doctor it informed me that I must uninstall it via the Windows Control Panel, as its uninstaller component is not present. However, there...
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