Cannot install printers

[Christopher Sparks]

My printers have suddenly disappeared and neither (LPT
and USB) are auto-detected by XP. I receive the error
message 'Operation could not be completed' when I click
the Add Printer option in the Printers&Faxes part of
Control Panel. The Add Hardware wizard also fails to
detect the connected printers. When I run the setup from
the driver archive it gets partway thru and then says the
printer did not install.

It's all very strange, especially since both were
printing quite happily a week ago. Any help would be
much appreciated.

CS

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

First ensure the print spooler is started... from the command prompt, type

net start spooler

(and hit enter). They should return. If not, at the command prompt, type

sfc /scannow
(note the space between c and /) and hit enter.

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Christopher Sparks]

Wow. Talk about a quick response Everything now
works fine. It seems I had the Print Spooler service on
Manual instead of Automatic. That'll teach me to fiddle
late at night.

Many thanks.
CS

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You're welcome!

Cari
www.coribright.com

Wow. Talk about a quick response Everything now
works fine. It seems I had the Print Spooler service on
Manual instead of Automatic. That'll teach me to fiddle
late at night.

Many thanks.
CS