How do I turn on the print spooler?

[Guest]

Somehow I have managed to turn off the print spooler service. I have also
manged to delete my printer from the 'Printers and Faxes' files.

When I try to 'Add Printer', a message comes up saying 'Operation could not
be completed. The printer spooler service is not working'.

I tried to re-install the software that comes with the printer (Lexmark
X6150). It offers to turn the spooler on, but when I click 'Yes' nothing
happens.

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

Start Printer Spooler
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article Nine.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks BYTE!

Unfortunately, it says:
'System rrror 1068 has occurred.'
'The dependency service or group failed to start.'

Next step?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Seymour Corn,

Click Start, Run and type this command:

cmd /k sc qc spooler

Post the output here.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ramesh.

I did as you said, but the problem remains.

Here are the results:

[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: spooler
TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS (interactive)
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : SpoolerGroup
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : Print Spooler
DEPENDENCIES : LexBceS
: RPCSS
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Seymour,

SC.exe command that I recommended does not fix any problems, but reports the
entire details for an installed Service. From the output, I see that the
Lexmark driver service "LexBceS" has been added to the Spooler service, as a
Dependency. This means that the Spooler service won't start if "LexBceS"
driver fails to start. I have an HP printer at home, but it does not modify
the "dependency" information for Spooler. Your best option is to uninstall,
and then reinstall the Lexmark software to see if that helps.

If that does not help, you can try this:

Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler

Backup the branch to a REG file, if you want to Undo the changes

Double-click "DependOnService" value and set it's data as "RPCSS"

Close Regedit.exe

Restart Windows, and try starting the Print Spooler service.

Now, try printing a test document.


Related links:

Lexmark Technical Support
http://support.lexmark.com
http://support.lexmark.com/cgi-perl...1:0:204:0:0&framed=&docid=ENUS816&relevance=1

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Thanks Ramesh.

I did as you said, but the problem remains.

Here are the results:

[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: spooler
TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS (interactive)
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : SpoolerGroup
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : Print Spooler
DEPENDENCIES : LexBceS
: RPCSS
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

Hi Seymour Corn,

Click Start, Run and type this command:

cmd /k sc qc spooler

Post the output here.