Print Spooler Missing

I've gone through many of the existing questions and answers here, but I
can't get my print spooler restarted. Under Administrative Tools / Services
/ Print Spooler I try to start the spooler and get: "Could not start the
printer spooler service on local computer. Error 3: system could not find
path specified." I've used "net stop spooler" and "net start spooler" from
the command prompt, with a similar error messages returned. I even fixed my
Lexmark service with "sc config spooler depend= RPCSS", but still can't start
the print spooler. What else should I try?

Probably a Repair Installation is best at this point if you really have
'lost' the spooler service.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Jim M'town" Jim wrote in message
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I've gone through many of the existing questions and answers here, but I
can't get my print spooler restarted. Under Administrative Tools /
Services
/ Print Spooler I try to start the spooler and get: "Could not start the
printer spooler service on local computer. Error 3: system could not find
path specified." I've used "net stop spooler" and "net start spooler"
from
the command prompt, with a similar error messages returned. I even fixed
my
Lexmark service with "sc config spooler depend= RPCSS", but still can't
start
the print spooler. What else should I try?