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printer has disappeared & can't add any more
I am running XP Pro SP3 which was installed a week ago. Just noticed that
the printer (a Dell ) which was shared among other computers in a workgroup, is gone. I tried "Add Printer" but no response, neither "Server Properties". I did a Google search and tried some the following suggestions, such as restarting print spooler, clearing in registry, MS fixes and notign seems to work. I even tried Windows repair, but then my systems stalled on bootup (lucky had an image copy to restore to). Are there any DLL' s that I could load to get it back? I can get it off some of the other XP machines. I would appreciate any assistance. I hope to not resort to another install from scratch, just for a printer. |
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printer has disappeared & can't add any more
Was the print spooler service running? Look in the event log for Service
specific errors stating the print spooler service is not running. If the spooler is running , can you view installed printers in the File Printer functions from Notepad? -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "bubu" wrote in message ... I am running XP Pro SP3 which was installed a week ago. Just noticed that the printer (a Dell ) which was shared among other computers in a workgroup, is gone. I tried "Add Printer" but no response, neither "Server Properties". I did a Google search and tried some the following suggestions, such as restarting print spooler, clearing in registry, MS fixes and notign seems to work. I even tried Windows repair, but then my systems stalled on bootup (lucky had an image copy to restore to). Are there any DLL' s that I could load to get it back? I can get it off some of the other XP machines. I would appreciate any assistance. I hope to not resort to another install from scratch, just for a printer. |
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