printer is missing from my computer

I have xp home, when i start up my computer i have no printers, but when i go to run or comand prompt and type net start spooling…ta da! i have both my printers. i have checked the services prior to useing this command and it says that they are already running and set to auto start. i have even tried to restart them from there but that does not seem to work. this is more of a irritation than anything else but just wondered if they is any way i could make them start with out doing the comand thing?