Print spooler not starting - Error 2

[Yaacov Klapisch]

All my printers have gone and when I try to add a printer I get this error
"Operation could not be completed"
I checked the Printer Spooler service and it is not running.
When I try to start it I get this message:
could not start the print spooler service on local computer error 2 etc...

I looked around on internet and didn't find anything relevant on this error.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm

Which make(s) and model printer(s) are you using?

 

[Yaacov Klapisch]

Thanks for the answer but you didn't read the question.
I tried already to restart the service but then I got the Error 2
It is something more serious.
We have many printers:
HP MFP's
Kyocera
Gestetner
Xerox
All of them on the network. No local printer.
There is also 2 different virtual priters: FaxMaker and PDF maker

 

[stephen.solt]

Thanks for the answer but you didn't read the question.
I tried already to restart the service but then I got the Error 2
It is something more serious.
We have many printers:
HP MFP's
Kyocera
Gestetner
Xerox
All of them on the network. No local printer.
There is also 2 different virtual priters: FaxMaker and PDF maker








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Read my post today about uninstalling printer(s) when the spooler
isn't working.

Also here

http://forums.techarena.in/showpost.php?p=2633648&postcount=5

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

I suppose you had/ have a Lexmark or Dell printer

E:\>winerror 1075
1075 ERROR_SERVICE_DEPENDENCY_DELETED <--> No NTSTATUS matched

here's a Microsoft knowledge base article on this

Error message when you try to start the Print Spooler service on a Windows
XP-based computer: "Error 1075"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915168/en-us



Bruce has some suggestion's as well. Go down to the part on Lexmark
printers.

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

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Solution]

Hi Yaacov,
The print spooler is not working because it is not able to find spoolsv.exe
file in system32 folder.
You can try the following steps:
Right click on start --- Left click on explore ---- Go to i386 folder from C
drive --- search for the file spoolsv --- Copy the file spoolsv and paste in
C:\windows\system32.
Restart the print spooler and it should work fine.