Printer Removal in Vista? Help

[Guest]

I tried to print something in Vista but it wouldn't print. Now it shows a
pending print job that won't cancel or delete. I've tried to cancel all jobs,
delete the job, delete the entire printer. Nothing works. Any advice. It's
Vista Home Ultimate.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you try deleting the document after stopping the print spooler?

 

[Guest]

Not sure. What does "stopping the print spooler" mean?

 

[Bob Headrick]

Not sure. What does "stopping the print spooler" mean?

Open an elevated command window (right click on cmd.exe and "Run as
Administrator"), then type:

net stop spooler

to restart the spooler:

net start spooler

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging