Problems adding TCP/IP Printer x64 Vista

Greetings,

I have been searching for some time for an answer for this issue but i have not yet been able to find a fix.

PROBLEM: I cannot add a TCP/IP Printer attached to my network.

System Information:
Gateway 6860 Laptop
Windows Vista Home Premium x64
1.83 GhZ Core Duo2
4 GB Ram

THINGS I HAVE DONE:

1) Tried intalling via add new printer -> network printer -> Printer not listed -> Add TCP/IP Printer -> typed in printer ip ->

I get the following:

"Error Loading TCP MIB Library" - "Cannot Load Wizard pages for Standard TCP/IP Port"

2) Checked the REGISTRY ENTRY according to some of the other solutions that i have read and everthing is in place:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitor\

Add key
Standard TCP/IP Port
Add String Value; value name=Driver; value data=tcpmon.dll

under Standard TCP/IP Port
Add Key
Ports
Add three Dwords in Ports
LprAckTimeout value data= 180
StatusUpdateEnabled value data= 1
StatusUpdateInterval value data= 10

stop and start spooler

3)Checked on the files that are used for TCP/IP Ports and they are all there:

\windows\system32

tcpmon.dll
tcpmib.dll
tcpmonui.dll

and i don't have any of the files that have been references in the %systemroot% folder that would cause conflicts:

"This behavior may occur if a third-party version of the Wsnmp32.dll, Ntprint.dll, Tcpmib.dll, Mgmtapi.dll, or Snmpapi.dll file has been copied to the %SystemRoot% folder."

4) Installed the same network printer on three other machines in my office (Windows Vista Home Premium, MacOS X Leapord & Windows 7 Home) So i know that the printer is accessible, in fact i can connect to the printers UI via typing the ip address in my browser...

5) i have performed "in cmd" scannow sfc/ command and that didn't fix anything either as some other suggestions have implied.

Im kind of lost for words on what to do next without re-intalling vista... any suggestions?

-Thanks
Chris