Cannot Install Driver

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OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD A8-3820 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 5844 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6550D, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 940455 MB, Free - 855102 MB; H: Total - 305234 MB, Free - 170309 MB; I: Total - 7 MB, Free - 0 MB;
Motherboard: Gateway, SX2370
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Updated and Enabled
Apparently as a result of a Windows update, my wife's computer, which is connected to our printer through an ethernet connection via our Linksys E3000 router, lost that connection. As the driver was out of date anyway, I downloaded just the updated driver and attempted to install it after making sure all traces of the old version were removed using the HP uninstaller.
I have tried now, inummerable times to install the driver. I either get the the point wher the install asks what type of connection I have and when it shows via ethernet I get an error message about the MpsSvc (Windows 7 firewall) being stopped or the install fails generating a message that says it's missing a setupfile. I have tried disabling the Norton Internet Security firewall and AV and still the install fails. I have tried activating the Windows Firewall, via the Task Manager (with the NIS Firewall off) to no avail.
One of the solutions I found on this forum from an HP Expert was to use the full software package to install the driver. Even though I do NOT want all the programs that come bundled with it (there used to be the option of choosing what you wanted but no longer) I tried that. I again got the whole firewall scenario message and then had to uninstall all the programs that I didn't want in the first place.
There are two ther computers in the house connected wirelessly to the printer and both work fine. I even tried the wireless route with this computer to no avail.
I know I am not the only one encounter this issue as I seen other postings but I've yet to see a solution that works. I'm trying not to get both frustrated and angry but this should be that difficult a problem to resolve. Prior to both the Windows update and the driver update from HP, this computer worked fine with this printer. There is a conflict between HP's software and Windows 7. Please give me a solution that actually works.
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This did not help at all. I've run a level 4 uninstall and tried both just the driver and whole package and the process halts stating that Windows Firewall must be running. I am also finding that the level 4 uninstall did not remove all traces of HP printer related programs (the C410A is the only HP device connected to this system BTW)
I have completely uninstalled Norton Internet Security and tried to activate the Windows Firewall without success. After reinstalling NIS, I consulted with a site that deals with malware issues. After several tests, they could not find any traces of rootkits, viruses or malware. So, that is not the issue.
When I tried to activate the Windows Firewall, I get the following error notice, "Windows Firewall can't change some of your settings. Error Code 0x800706d9". I continue to get this message at random intervals, "Windows has encountered a critical problem and will restart automatically in one minute. Please save your work". Sometimes I also get this error message as well, "Error 1722 RPC Server is unavailable."
In checking the event log I found the following errors listed, some corresponding to spontainious reboots.
Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-HAL
Date:          2/2/2015 6:58:01 AM
Event ID:      12
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      (1)
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The platform firmware has corrupted memory across the previous system power transition.  Please check for updated firmware for your system.
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2/2/2015 5:36:27 AM
Event ID:      7034
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The Windows Firewall service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 3 time(s).
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2/2/2015 5:36:27 AM
Event ID:      7034
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The Diagnostic Policy Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 3 time(s).
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2/2/2015 5:36:27 AM
Event ID:      7034
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The Base Filtering Engine service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 3 time(s).
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2/2/2015 5:36:22 AM
Event ID:      7032
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The Service Control Manager tried to take a corrective action (Restart the service) after the unexpected termination of the Base Filtering Engine service, but this action failed with the following error:
An instance of the service is already running.
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          2/2/2015 5:36:22 AM
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
Faulting application name: svchost.exe_MpsSvc, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.18247, time stamp: 0x521eaf24
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000002b20d
Faulting process id: 0x1098
Faulting application start time: 0x01d03eed074c1d96
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 794ae32f-aae0-11e4-bcc8-f80f4138c1b9
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2/2/2015 5:31:17 AM
Event ID:      7023
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
The HP Network Devices Support service terminated with the following error:
The specified module could not be found.
Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client/Admin
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client
Date:          2/2/2015 5:30:47 AM
Event ID:      1001
Task Category: Address Configuration State Event
Level:         Error
Keywords:      
User:          LOCAL SERVICE
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 0x74DE2BE23268.  The following error occurred: 0x79. Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client
Date:          2/2/2015 9:33:30 AM
Event ID:      1014
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      
User:          NETWORK SERVICE
Computer:      Johnny5
Description:
Name resolution for the name wpad.hsd1.ca.comcast.net timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
This is all somehow related to the printer issue as I still cannot install the driver to get it to work properly.
Any suggestions and further help will be greatly apprciated.