Muffleman
July 8th 03, 11:39 AM
Hi,
I'm having exactly the same problem, if I find anything
out I'll let you know. But it's strange that this is
happening after months of no printing problems ?!?
Cheers
Matt
>-----Original Message-----
>My printer suddenly disappeared from my Windows XP pro
>pc. When I tried to "add a new printer" I get the error
>message: "Operation could not be completed." Through
some
>research I found an article suggesting that the print
>spooler wasn't running. I tried starting it under
>the "services" page and I get an Error 1068
message: "The
>dependency service or group failed to start." Its
startup
>mode is set to automatic. I tried to start the print
>spooler manually by keying in "net start spooler" at the
>Run prompt, but still nothing. I am logged in as
>administrator and the printer has been working fine for
3
>months when it was first installed. No software was
added
>or changes made to the system prior to this problem
>occuring. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>.
>
I'm having exactly the same problem, if I find anything
out I'll let you know. But it's strange that this is
happening after months of no printing problems ?!?
Cheers
Matt
>-----Original Message-----
>My printer suddenly disappeared from my Windows XP pro
>pc. When I tried to "add a new printer" I get the error
>message: "Operation could not be completed." Through
some
>research I found an article suggesting that the print
>spooler wasn't running. I tried starting it under
>the "services" page and I get an Error 1068
message: "The
>dependency service or group failed to start." Its
startup
>mode is set to automatic. I tried to start the print
>spooler manually by keying in "net start spooler" at the
>Run prompt, but still nothing. I am logged in as
>administrator and the printer has been working fine for
3
>months when it was first installed. No software was
added
>or changes made to the system prior to this problem
>occuring. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>.
>