Reinstall Printer Spooler service

[Mike]

I do not have the Print Spooler service listed in my
Services. How can I get this reinstalled in Win XP
Home?

I have the program SPOOLSV.EXE, but it does nothing when
I try to run it. When I type "net start spooler" I am
given the message "The service name is invalid." In my
registry there is nothing
below "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print". I
have read many posts and I can tell you I have never
tried to use a Lexmark printer. I tried to install a
Canon i250 and it was Canon tech support that showed me
that I was missing this service that "everyone has
running."

I am curious, but how it happened is not as important as
how to get the darn thing running again. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You can try running the System File Checker....from the command prompt, type

sfc /scannow
(note the space between the c and the /)

If that does not work, you'll have to do a Repair Installation...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];315341

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Mike" > wrote in message
...
>I do not have the Print Spooler service listed in my
> Services. How can I get this reinstalled in Win XP
> Home?
>
> I have the program SPOOLSV.EXE, but it does nothing when
> I try to run it. When I type "net start spooler" I am
> given the message "The service name is invalid." In my
> registry there is nothing
> below "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print". I
> have read many posts and I can tell you I have never
> tried to use a Lexmark printer. I tried to install a
> Canon i250 and it was Canon tech support that showed me
> that I was missing this service that "everyone has
> running."
>
> I am curious, but how it happened is not as important as
> how to get the darn thing running again. Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.

[Mike]

Thank you. I have finally gotten this thing installed.
The scf did not find any problem. Unfortunately I had to
do a XP repair installation, but it seems to have done
the trick. Now I hope I don't have any printer
installation problems. Thanks again.


>-----Original Message-----
>You can try running the System File Checker....from the
command prompt, type
>
>sfc /scannow
>(note the space between the c and the /)
>
>If that does not work, you'll have to do a Repair
Installation...
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;
[LN];315341
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Mike" > wrote in
message
...
>>I do not have the Print Spooler service listed in my
>> Services. How can I get this reinstalled in Win XP
>> Home?
>>
>> I have the program SPOOLSV.EXE, but it does nothing
when
>> I try to run it. When I type "net start spooler" I am
>> given the message "The service name is invalid." In my
>> registry there is nothing
>> below "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print". I
>> have read many posts and I can tell you I have never
>> tried to use a Lexmark printer. I tried to install a
>> Canon i250 and it was Canon tech support that showed me
>> that I was missing this service that "everyone has
>> running."
>>
>> I am curious, but how it happened is not as important
as
>> how to get the darn thing running again. Any help
would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>.
>