Help getting the XPS writer working.

Win7 ... the MS XPS Document writer has never worked well.  Today I uninstalled the feature and reinstalled it (to no avail).

If I try from Outlook, I get a simple message box ... "Printer not ready".

From Notepad, a message box ... "The parameter is incorrect"

From Excel, an elaborate message box starting with "... could not be printed in the MS XPS Doc Writer on e00 ..."

From Winword, I get nothing at all, including no XPS file.

From IE, I get ... Internet Explorer (not responding)

From the Windows Photo Viewer ... it works!

Help!

Thanks.   - Vince