Printer operation cannot continue.....(adding a printer)

[D. Shane Fowlkes]

Hello all. I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm having an issue on
here on a Windows 2000 Server. After discovering that I couldn't install
Acrobat 7 on this machine, I started researching the issue. Come to find
out, Adobe wasn't able to install a (virtual) printer on my machine.

So, after seeing if I could add a printer myself, I realized I couldn't.
When I go to install a printer, I get the error "Printer operation cannot
continue due to a lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable."

That lead me here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811348

So after following the instructions on the link above, it says to (step 3)
double click the Print Spooler in Services.....problem is, I see nothing
like that among the services. It's just not there.

Do I need to add or install the Print Spooler service?!

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, it is installed by default. From a command prompt;

net start

is it listed?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Hello all. I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm having an issue on
| here on a Windows 2000 Server. After discovering that I couldn't install
| Acrobat 7 on this machine, I started researching the issue. Come to find
| out, Adobe wasn't able to install a (virtual) printer on my machine.
|
| So, after seeing if I could add a printer myself, I realized I couldn't.
| When I go to install a printer, I get the error "Printer operation cannot
| continue due to a lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable."
|
| That lead me here:
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811348
|
| So after following the instructions on the link above, it says to (step 3)
| double click the Print Spooler in Services.....problem is, I see nothing
| like that among the services. It's just not there.
|
| Do I need to add or install the Print Spooler service?!
|
| Any help is appreciated.
|
|
|
|
|

 

[D. Shane Fowlkes]

Thanks.

No, it is not.

 

[Dave Patrick]

What happens if you;

net start spooler

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks.
|
| No, it is not.

 

[D. Shane Fowlkes]

Sorry for the delayed response. I'm only in this office in the mornings.
When I use that command, it says "The service name is invalid."


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[Dave Patrick]

These may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

Be sure to apply these to your repair install before connecting to any
network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Sorry for the delayed response. I'm only in this office in the mornings.
| When I use that command, it says "The service name is invalid."