I changed the onboard parallel port to 378 and rebooted.
I then restored the spool32.exe file but did not reboot. Instead i opened the printer folder
and the printer was listed in the folder. I did not print because my usb cable was still disconnected.
So i restarted the machine and it came up ok, no issues with the file being restored which is good.

Then i went to open the printer folder from the start menu and nothing,
i opened up the control panel and tried to open the folder from there and still nothing.

So about after a good minute the folder opens; the printer is listed but this time
the printer icon next to the printer name is shadowed.
And under status it says: user intervention required-use printer offline.
(the usb cable was connected before reboot too.)

I think i spoke too soon because i started the computer up this morning and it wouldn't boot,
so i deleted the spool32 file again.

I know i ran all kinds of scans and tests and everything was clean,
but could there be something on the machine that can't be picked up by a virus program?
It's seems that when i opened that print folder, or restored the spool32 file
it's triggering something.

If it is a motherboard issue wouldn't that affect anything else?

Is there anyway to possiby rename this file to get it to work?

Renaming the file won't do anything. It needs to have that name so it can be found by the OS when booting.

If this is a motherboard issue it won't neccessarily affect anything else at this time but will most likely get worse over time.

Download HijackThis 1.99.1 and post a log in the HijackThis Logs and Analysis forum and I'll have someone take a look at it. Post back here when you have done that.

ok it's up under corrupt spool32.exe?

thanx again

I'm no HJT expert but I see a couple of iffy entries there. Lets wait and see what the HJT Team has to say before we try anything else. Unfortunately that may take as much as a week as we are swamped right now.