ok...I tried the printer again after uninstalling AVG and just making sure there is one antivirus program and one firewall running...(my windows firewall is, indeed, disabled)...but no joy. Norton came up with "spoolsv.exe is trying to access the internet" and then, like usual, asked if I wanted to allow or block. It recommended I allow all connections so I did. However, the printer wouldn't print anything yet again and whichever program I was trying to print from (in this case, notepad) froze. I also couldn't access the folder of "installed printers and faxes" again in the control panel.

I don't know whats causing this problem...but I now know exactly what the situation is...I CAN print...but only if I turn off norton internet security's firewall before I connect my printer. This then avoids the "spoolsv is trying to access the internet, block or allow?" message popping up and, surprise surprise nothing freezes and I can print perfectly well. I can even get into the printer and faxes folder in the control panel. So it seems it is DEFINATELY norton internet security 2005 causing the problem. But I don't know why.

So basically what I want to know is...what's the best soultion to this? Is the ONLY soultion to uninstall norton internet security 2005? This is really strange, Ive never know norton to freeze things like this.