access denied to printer spooler

[Guest]

I am trying to install a printer on my laptop and I continually get a spooler
not running error message. When I go to services/print spooler it is marked
as automatic start, if I try to start it I get an error message saying error
5: access denied. I have full rights to this computer. Can anyone help with
this?

thanks.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You experience problems printing, viewing printer icons, and adding
printers, the Print Spooler service does not function correctly, and you
receive print-related error messages on a Windows XP-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919750

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I am trying to install a printer on my laptop and I continually get a
spooler
not running error message. When I go to services/print spooler it is marked
as automatic start, if I try to start it I get an error message saying error
5: access denied. I have full rights to this computer. Can anyone help with
this?

thanks.

 

[Guest]

Ramesh,
Thank you, the fix worked great, however whenever I fully turn the lap top
off the problem returns. I have to repeat the steps below each time. Any
thoughts on why this would be happening? Thanks.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi stxchck,

No idea why the spoolsv.exe file gets corrupted everytime. Perhaps you can
place a copy of this file to DllCache folder as well (overwriting the
existing file)?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,
Thank you, the fix worked great, however whenever I fully turn the lap top
off the problem returns. I have to repeat the steps below each time. Any
thoughts on why this would be happening? Thanks.