Lost Printer Ports

[Guest man]

I am running WinXP Pro SP2. I deleted a couple of IP Ports in the Printer

Properties Ports window. I then rebooted, and when the system came back up

there are no longer any ports at all listed in the Ports window of the

Printer Properties window. In addition, the print spooler service now starts

and stops immediately, then starts and stops again in an endless loop. I

have tried to do a system restore to three different restore points, and all

have failed. I uninstalled and reinstalled the printer drivers, all to no

avail. I can not add a printer, as it fails because I can not see or select

any ports in the drop down list of that wizard. Can someone help me get my

local ports back and stop the spooler service from looping?

 

Thank you,

 

Mark