Re: STILL cannot add or see printers, but they work, services ar

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"" wrote:
> I have an xp pro machine, 3.0 mghz, 1g ram, pent 4, on a
> 10/100 tcp/ip Lan. I
> print and plot to an hp laserjet 4 plus and an hp designjet
> 1050c plotter.
> Both are working fine. The hitch is that I wanted to check the
> properties for
> the laserjet the other day and when I selected the
> "start/settings/printers
> and faxes" they DO NOT SHOW. Also I am UNABLE TO ADD A
> PRINTER. I have
> checked and the script services are started which I thought
> they would be as
> I can print just Fine but I need to fix this. I appreciate any
> help I can get
> on this, I have searched the newsgroups and only find fixes
> for NT (which I
> tried to no avail). I will watch for responses here but you
> could also e-mail
> me at : rhots995@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is a new machine with xp pro sp2. I am the admin. I am
> the IT/CAD
> manager here although my IT experiance is learn as I go.
> (Lucky me). We have
> a mix of equipment here: 3 xp machines (mine is the only sp2),
> 1 ME machine
> and the rest are 98se's. We have a 98se machine for a FILE
> SERVER. We use
> LanTastic for our software to asign rights to different groups
> of workers. IE
> the engineers don't have access to the office files etc. As
> far as I can see
> nothing is hidden. By the way, THE LASERJET 4 PLUS IS ON A
> SEPARATE, STAND
> ALONE PRINT SERVER, NOT RUN THROUGH THE FILE SERVER.
> Again I have all rights to both machines, I obviously was able
> originally to
> install these printers or they woudln't work at all. Besides,
> the laserjet on
> the print server which is run through a hub wouldn't have any
> rights issues
> that I know of.
> Thanks for your help,
> Rick

Greetings,

The following should restore your printer/s so that you can ?see?
them.

You have to open ?services.msc? by typing it in ?run command? without
quotes and open ?services? box.

1. Click Start>Run>?services.msc? without quotes by typing it in and
click o.k.
Services Opens:
2. Scroll down to ?print spooler? and right click

3. next click ?properties? to find ?startup type? and in the drop down
menu choose ?automatic?, click ?apply?

4. Last but not least, in the upper left corner click ?restart
service? (the bright blue letters) and reboot.

Best of luck,
ultra_classic

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