spoolsv.exe application Error that just will not go away

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I upgraded my laptop (running XP pro) to service pack 3 and installed a new
printer. Since then I've been getting the error:
Spoolsv.exe - application error
The instruction at "0x00000000" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "written".

This happens on boot and if you try to start the print spooler under
"services". As well as this error, at boot time, I get 3 more errors about
components of spool failing (directly after the first error).

I've tried a lot to sort it out - everything has failed Things I have tried
(in rough order)
0) run my virus checker - nothing found
1) uninstaled the printer using the manufacture's uninstall (printer =cannon
mf3200).
2) delete the printer driver by hand
3) use regedt32 to delete the entries for the cannon printer under the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/Print/Environments/Windows NT
x86/Drivers/Version-3
4) Uninstalled/reinstalled service pack 3
5) Tried using system restore to take me back to a week ago (this came up
with a message of system restore failed nothing has been changed).
6) Went in by hand and replaced spoolsv.exe in the system32 directory
(modified 4/13/2008 8:12pm) with the one from the i386 directory (modified
6/10/2005 7:53pm) At this time for good measure I wrote over spoolsv.exe in
c:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 and
c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\65cb.... both of which had the
4/13/2008 modification date. Although I managed to get all versions of this
file that came up in a search of spool on C: not to have the modification
date 4/13/2008 I still could not get rid of the error and on boot I notice
the version in the system32 directory has a modification date of 4/13/2008
again.

I'm out of ideas for now so is anyone else having this problem and have they
solved it - I would really like to print....

I can post the error reports if it helps.
.

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