Print spooler service not running

[Guest]

My printer was working just fine until the other morning my computer was
having major difficulties, a friend of mine was on my computer and I'm not
sure what she had done, but the computer kept displaying a problem with a
download of a task bar, so I went into "add/remove download files" and
removed a taskbar that I had not seen before. I restarted the computer to
print off a document off of word and I got a window stating "no printer
hardware devices installed", eventhough the software still appeared on my
desktop. Then I went to "printers and faxes" and there too a window stated
"no printer hardware installed". I then went to "add printer" that is when a
window stated "print spooler service not running", I have done "start,
control panel, adm. tools, services, print spooler it was already on
automatic, so I clicked on start service status then I get a window saying "
ERROR: The dependency service or group failed to start" I have tried to "roll
back device" no success, I have unistalled and reinstalled the printer port
device, nothing seems to be working. HELP!

 

[Eric Booth]

My printer was working just fine until the other morning my computer was
having major difficulties, a friend of mine was on my computer and I'm not
sure what she had done, but the computer kept displaying a problem with a
download of a task bar, so I went into "add/remove download files" and
removed a taskbar that I had not seen before. I restarted the computer to
print off a document off of word and I got a window stating "no printer
hardware devices installed", eventhough the software still appeared on my
desktop. Then I went to "printers and faxes" and there too a window stated
"no printer hardware installed". I then went to "add printer" that is when
a
window stated "print spooler service not running", I have done "start,
control panel, adm. tools, services, print spooler it was already on
automatic, so I clicked on start service status then I get a window saying
"
ERROR: The dependency service or group failed to start" I have tried to
"roll
back device" no success, I have unistalled and reinstalled the printer
port
device, nothing seems to be working. HELP!

Try System Restore
Eric Booth

 

[WTC]

I then went to "add printer" that is when a
window stated "print spooler service not running", I have done "start,
control panel, adm. tools, services, print spooler it was already on
automatic, so I clicked on start service status then I get a window saying
"
ERROR: The dependency service or group failed to start" I have tried to
"roll
back device" no success, I have unistalled and reinstalled the printer
port
device, nothing seems to be working. HELP!

Go back into Service and ensure Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is started.

"Could not start the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service. Error 1058" error
message when you manually start the Remote Procedure Call service
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838428