Purchased lexmark 1200 All in One

Question

My os is windows 2000 professional tried to install lexmark could'nt. need to uninstall/reinstall 2000. everything fine all of a sudden I try to print it takes 30 minutes to hour to print called lexmark -they walked me through uninstall/reinstall lexmark-- now my print spooler has stopped again and I can't start it and my registry is damaged i cannot afford to keep spending money on this os------ this is my last attempt is there a conflict going on between lexmark all in one and my os if so can you help me I have tried everything?