plug and play printers have disappeared

cannot print to my printers because they are not recognized in any program -
they are plug and play printers so when I go to control panel and printers it
will not allow me to install the printers because it says they are plug and
play and should be automatically recognized. i've used this computer for
over a year and all of a sudden the printers disappeared - i didn't install
anything new and made no changes that i recall - any thoughts?
Thanks in Advance

Try restarting your Print Spooler:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"bfjplt" <> wrote in message
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>
> cannot print to my printers because they are not recognized in any
> program -
> they are plug and play printers so when I go to control panel and printers
> it
> will not allow me to install the printers because it says they are plug
> and
> play and should be automatically recognized. i've used this computer for
> over a year and all of a sudden the printers disappeared - i didn't
> install
> anything new and made no changes that i recall - any thoughts?
> Thanks in Advance