I have been facing problem installing a network printer on my laptop which is run on Windows Vista. When ever I try to install , I get a message that the printer spool is not running, restart the machine and try again.

I have got the solution for this.

Go to start->Right click on Computer, then select Manage and then in services- select

Once you click on the Manage menu, you will get the the following wind

Then click on the services shown on the left sidebar. and select printer spool

Click on the start link or restart link to start the printer spool and try installing. For me it failed for the first time, but worked the second time