Can't print from IE8 or Windows Live Mail

My Dell Studio 1555 PC runs Windows 7 Home Premium. I used System Restore quite a lot recently to get rid of a problem I had, and now I can't print from Internet Explorer 8 or from Windows Live Mail. I have used the printing troubleshooter, but it did nothing for me.

I can print from MS Word and from Firefox though, so is there any point in reinstalling the print driver, or should I try something else? There must be a way of connecting the printer to specific programs...................?

I have reset IE8, but it has made no difference.

Would be grateful for guidance!

Alan

Thanks for the ideas, everyone. Steve, I think the printer is the default because it has a green tick by it. I downloaded the IE Restorator took and clicked on the 'Re-register 64-bit IE8 in 64-bit W7' button. I didn't get told to re-start the PC and it didn't make any difference to IE. Should I try any of the other buttons? When I click on 'Print' or 'Print Preview' in IE8 nothing happens at all - I don't get any errors, just nothing!

If IE can be got to work will Windows Live work as well or is it a separate issue? Maybe I should re-install the driver anyway, I think it can reinstall over the existing driver - and can't do any harm?

Alan.

Canon iP6700D is my only printer hardware, so I clicked 'Remove Device' (the other 'printers' are fax, Family Historian PDF and MS XPS). I rebooted and plugged in the printer and the driver installed but I still couldn't print from Windows Live Mail or IE 8. So I removed device again and dowloaded and installed the latest driver from Canon, with the same result. The printer works OK with other programs.

Alan

I am having a similar issue. I can print from Firefox and Word 2010 but not from Windows Live Mail.