Time to uninstall it. Remove all normal.dot files, reinstall and if you have a default printer it should show back up again. And no, I don't do this any other way anymore since the time to investigate it could be days to months.
Bob
Hi -
The printer icon that always showed up while printing in WORD (2000) stopped appearing a few days ago - all my settings seem ok. It's an inconvienence but I'd really like it back - can you help?

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