How to enable or disable Windows Active Desktop.

Microsoft Windows XP users

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Open the Appearance and Themes and then the Display icon or just click Display.
3. Click the Desktop tab.
4. Click the Customize Desktop button.
5. Click the Web tab in the Desktop Items window.

If you wish to enable the Active Desktop, check My Current Home Page. Add your current home page into your desktop or click New to add another web page or other Active Desktop features. To update the content, click the Synchronize button.

If you wish to disable Active Desktop, make sure all checkboxes in this window are un-checked.

Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 users

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Open the Display icon.
3. Click the Web tab in the Display Properties window.

If you wish to enable the Active Desktop, check the checkbox for "Show Web content on my Active Desktop" and select the home page you wish to use as the active desktop.

If you wish to disable Active Desktop, make sure that "Show Web content on my Active Desktop" is unchecked.

printer spool service not runing in windows xp

Go to System Properties>Advanced
Select Performance>Settings
Select Data Execution Prevention
Select Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select
Click Add
Paste this in to the file name box of the window that opens:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
Select Open
Select OK when you receive the warning
Select Apply

go to this site

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/printer-problems-in-windows

download microsoft fix it

and install it

PRINTER SPOOL SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING WINOWS XP