Re: spoolsv.exe application Error that just will not go away

One of the 'dependencies' for the print spooler service is the Dcom stuff. This again point at some Permissions error in the Registry. I would reset that to defaults.
Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to repair file and registry permissions: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx
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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Astrophysics" <Astrophysics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5065ED09-0F1F-4F95-ACA2-0A8299BAE0B6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Mark - but no luck there either - in fact I could not even follow
through the instructions in the article you pointed me at. When you try and
do anything in Printers and Faxes you get the message: "Operation could not
be completed. The print spooler service is not running". trying to start
the print server fails with the same error message as before. I also looked
around to see if the spool directory exists (I'm logged on as an
administrator) and I could see a spool directory with a number of sub
directories under the system32 directory but I've no idea if that is the
default location.

Thanks

Simon

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

You may have Permissions problems in the Spool folder:
308666 - HOW TO Move the Spool Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308666

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