Re: Unable to change Default Print Settings

I did the clean printer drivers thing, but to no avail. I think I might just
put this to bed, and wear the (very minor) problem. Thanks for trying, anyway.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

Follow Bruce's suggestions

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm



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"Limoni" <Limoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry this is becoming such an epic, and over such a minor issue, but I
would
like to sort it out.
I tried your suggestion but the results are the same - no printers show in
ControlPanel/PrintersAndFaxes, and I can't add a printer ("Operation could
not be completed. The printer spooler service is not running."). I tried
'net
start spooler' in Safe Mode but got "Start Service Failed 1084: This
service
cannot be started in Safe Mode"

"Lem" wrote:

Limoni wrote:
I tried the Safe Mode solution (I'm using XP Home), but when I display
Printers & Faxes in Control Panel none are shown, and I can't add a new
printer because I get a message '....printer spooler service not
running'.
And I can't start the printer spooler in Safe Mode.

"Lem" wrote:

Limoni wrote:
I'm trying to change the default settings for my printer. I use
Start/ControlPanel/PrintersandFaxes and select my default printer.
According
to Help documentation, if I right click the printer while holding
down the
Ctrl key then press Properties the resulting dialogue box should
display a
Security tab. But it doesn't - it shows six tabs - General, Sharing,
Ports,
etc, but no Security.
I'm working as Administrator, so I should have permissions. Any
suggestions?
I'm using XP os.
Thanks
If you are using XP Home, make this setting in Safe Mode (reboot and
tap
F8 as the boot-up sequence is starting). If you are using XP Pro,
make
sure that simple file sharing in not enabled (Control Panel > Folder
Options > View > Advanced, clear "Use simple file sharing
[Recommended]").


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Do you have a LexMark printer (or perhaps uninstalled one)?

Open a command prompt window and type:

sc qc spooler [press Enter]

You should see something like the following:

H:\>sc qc spooler
[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: spooler
TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\WINDOWS\syst
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : SpoolerGroup
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : Print Spooler
DEPENDENCIES : RPCSS
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

If there is anything other than RPCSS listed opposite "Dependencies"
write down the names (so you can restore them later) and then type:

net stop spooler [press Enter]
sc config spooler depend= RPCSS [press Enter]

[note no space before = but space after]

Now exit the command prompt window and restart in Safe Mode.

You should now be able to see the printers in Safe Mode and access the
Security tab.

When you restart in normal mode, you will have to restore the
dependencies you removed earlier. For example, if the spooler was
dependent on LexBce in addition to RPCSS, open a command prompt window
and type

net stop spooler [press Enter]
sc config spooler depend= RPCSS/LexBce [press Enter]
net start spooler [press Enter]

For multiple entries in the list of services which must start before the
spooler starts, the names are separated by forward slashes (/). Use the
exact spelling as shown in the response to the "sc qc spooler" command.


If the above doesn't work or doesn't apply, what happens when you try to
start the spooler in Safe Mode? What error message do you get?

--
Lem MS MVP -- Networking

To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer




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