add printer error - "print subsystem unavailable"

[No one's been able to fix this one for me...]

First of all, I'm running Win2000 Pro, with a Canon i320
(although this seems to be a common problem with any
printer)and I can't add a printer and there are no
printers listed (not sure when exactly this happened -
just know that one day I couldn't print.) When I
click "add a printer" I get error message "Printer
operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. The
print subsystem is unavailable" and my print spool is
stopped. When I start it again, it gives me the
error "The procedure entry point cacheaddname could not be
located in the dynamic link library spoolss.dll" I've
tried installing a windows update that is supposed to fix
some printer/driver problems but I get the "print
subsystem unavailable" error message when I do this. I've
looked around and everyone seems to be having
the "subsystem" problem, but no fixes have seemed to work -
I don't think the "cacheaddname" problem is a common one.
Oh, and I'm not on a network - alot of people thought it
was a network problem.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been
printerless for a couple weeks now.
Thanks a bunch.

 

[Mark Blain]

First of all, I'm running Win2000 Pro, with a Canon i320
(although this seems to be a common problem with any
printer)and I can't add a printer and there are no
printers listed (not sure when exactly this happened -
just know that one day I couldn't print.) When I
click "add a printer" I get error message "Printer
operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. The
print subsystem is unavailable" and my print spool is
stopped. When I start it again, it gives me the
error "The procedure entry point cacheaddname could not be
located in the dynamic link library spoolss.dll" I've
tried installing a windows update that is supposed to fix
some printer/driver problems but I get the "print
subsystem unavailable" error message when I do this. I've
looked around and everyone seems to be having
the "subsystem" problem, but no fixes have seemed to work -
I don't think the "cacheaddname" problem is a common one.
Oh, and I'm not on a network - alot of people thought it
was a network problem.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been
printerless for a couple weeks now.
Thanks a bunch.

A quick search reveals that it's a common problem.
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;244921>
If that doesn't apply to you, try
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&q="print+subsystem+is+unavailable">

 

[No one's been able to fix this one for me...]

-----Original Message-----


A quick search reveals that it's a common problem.
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;244921>
If that doesn't apply to you, try
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&q=% 22print+subsystem+is+unavailable%22>
.

Thanks for the quick reply - I tried the stop/start
spooler before and it didn't do a thing which is what a
lot of the posts suggest. I've tried almost everything
short of messing with my .dll files which was also
suggested, but I'm kinda iffy about doing that... the
second link you'd sent was just a bunch of question, few
that were answered, and most of the replies were repeats
of previous posts I've looked at... well,if you have any
other suggestions they'd be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks
for your time in helping me out.