cannot install printer

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yeah thats about it, for some reason i cannot "add new printer" when i go into Printers and Faxes under the Control Panel

for some reason it says "operation could not be completed"

anybody have any ideas. i'm on windows xp home edition

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REMOVE all printers.

1. what is the printer?
2. what is the computer?
3. do you have current drivers?
4. WHICH interface, parrallel, USB, firewire, SCSI, What?

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REMOVE all printers.
- there are no printers yet. i have never printed from this computer as yet

1. what is the printer?
- right now i'm trying to hook up a HP laserjet 1200, i've tried various other printers before and keep running into the same problem
2. what is the computer?
- vpr matrix 200A5 laptop computer running win xp home ed
3. do you have current drivers?
- yup, i tried to update drivers and it said that i have the latest ones
4. WHICH interface, parrallel, USB, firewire, SCSI, What?
- parallel

i also tried to print to file, even that wont work

when i click on add printer it says operation failed.

when i connect a printer to the computer it detects it and goes about downloading stuff and installing it, but at the final screen of the wizard it says that there was a problem installing the hardware. then it spits out some stuff about not being able to find the RPC server. i checked under services and the RPC service is up and running just fine.

this is getting to be quite an adventure. thanks for taking a look at my post and helping me out.

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RPC service?? what is this?
I dont have the VPR, but Im very good with windows.

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Thought,
Printer must be ON when computer is turned on.