Re: Print Spooler unable to Start

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You're welcome.

John

memorex wrote:

The Print Spooler service started successfully after running the command to modify the dependency.

Thanks for your help.


Daniel.




"John John" wrote:


Open a Command Prompt and issue the following command:

sc config spooler depend= RPCSS

Note that there is a space after the = but none before. After you run the command try restarting the spooler with this command:

net start spooler

If that doesn't fix things you may need to thoroughly clean the print spooler. You can use the Resource Kit's Cleanspl.exe to do this:

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

or do it manually:

"Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close" and "Operation could not be completed" error messages
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324757

Bruce Sanderson has a very good help page for these kinds of problems:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm#LexmarkDriver

John


memorex wrote:


RPC is set to start automatically, and is on.

I had previously installed the Lexmark X1180. It worked fine, but then I un-installed the drivers and removed the printer. Everything still worked fine, and I was able to use another printer, (HP Deskjet 720c) over a LAN connection, but then the print spooler error started. I can't install the Lexmark drivers again as it says it requires the Print Spooler to be running.

"John John" wrote:



The print spooler depends on the Remote Procedure Call (RPC). Make sure that both of those are set to Automatic Start. Do you now or did you ever have a Lexmark or Dell printer installed on the computer? Lexmark printers change the spooler dependencies.

John

memorex wrote:


Hello,

My "Print Spooler Service" will not start.

It does not start with windows while booting, but I do not receive an error message.

I have tried to start it manually, (Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Component Services/ right click Print Spooler and click start), however I get the following error message:

"Could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.
Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start"


Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Memorex.


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