Printer and XP

Nothing will work until you start the spooler service, your wasting your
time doing anything else until you start the spooler. I'm quite certain
that your spooler is not starting because it depends on a service that
is not running. Running this simple command will answer many questions:

sc qc spooler

If you are averse to the command prompt then double click on the Print
Spooler in the Services console and check the Dependencies.

John

Karen F wrote:
It is set to automatic, it is set to start. I cannot reinstall my printer
because I keep getting the same error therefore I don't even have a printer
to choose from and can't go to printer properties. I tried but nothing is
working.







"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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"JD" wrote in message
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Did you look at Control Panel like I suggested?

Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Component Services, click
on Services (Local) and scroll down to Print Spooler. You can grab the
lower left corner of the window with your mouse to make it bigger. For
the
Print Spooler, the startup Type should be Automatic. Is yours set that
way? And is the Status, Started?
"Karen F" wrote in message
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Yes but it didn't work. What if I do a system restore?
Repost with more details. We do not know if you mean:
-- You could not reach the / Services panel
-- You could not reset / Services / Print spooler
-- You could reset this but it did not survive reboot.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Nothing will work until you start the spooler service, your wasting your
time doing anything else until you start the spooler. I'm quite certain
that your spooler is not starting because it depends on a service that
is not running. Running this simple command will answer many questions:

sc qc spooler

If you are averse to the command prompt then double click on the Print
Spooler in the Services console and check the Dependencies.

John

Karen F wrote:
It is set to automatic, it is set to start. I cannot reinstall my printer
because I keep getting the same error therefore I don't even have a printer
to choose from and can't go to printer properties. I tried but nothing is
working.







"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"JD" wrote in message
...
Did you look at Control Panel like I suggested?

Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Component Services, click
on Services (Local) and scroll down to Print Spooler. You can grab the
lower left corner of the window with your mouse to make it bigger. For
the
Print Spooler, the startup Type should be Automatic. Is yours set that
way? And is the Status, Started?
"Karen F" wrote in message
...

Yes but it didn't work. What if I do a system restore?
Repost with more details. We do not know if you mean:
-- You could not reach the / Services panel
-- You could not reset / Services / Print spooler
-- You could reset this but it did not survive reboot.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)