spoolsv.exe was deleted by helpful tech

[Guest]

My computer was recently attacked by spyware and viruses, so I paid to have a
Dell technician clean my computer. He evidently thought that the spoolsv.exe
in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder was a virus, and apparently did something
to it because when I try and start the Print Spooler I get "Error 1075: The
dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion." The file
does show to still exist in the folder when I look through Explorer.

I thought the easiest solution was to just to use the reinstallation CD for
Microsoft Windows XP, but evidently I only have two DVD reader/writers and no
CD drive, which causes the upgrade to fail because it says there are no CD
drives.

So, now what do I do? Please help.

 

[Unk]

My computer was recently attacked by spyware and viruses, so I paid to have a
Dell technician clean my computer. He evidently thought that the spoolsv.exe
in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder was a virus, and apparently did something
to it because when I try and start the Print Spooler I get "Error 1075: The
dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion." The file
does show to still exist in the folder when I look through Explorer.

I thought the easiest solution was to just to use the reinstallation CD for
Microsoft Windows XP, but evidently I only have two DVD reader/writers and no
CD drive, which causes the upgrade to fail because it says there are no CD
drives.

So, now what do I do? Please help.

There should be a spare copy in the "C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB896423\SP2QFE" folder.
Just copy and paste it to the "C:\WINDOWS\system32" folder and reboot.

 

[Jon]

My computer was recently attacked by spyware and viruses, so I paid to
have a
Dell technician clean my computer. He evidently thought that the
spoolsv.exe
in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder was a virus, and apparently did
something
to it because when I try and start the Print Spooler I get "Error 1075:
The
dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion." The
file
does show to still exist in the folder when I look through Explorer.

I thought the easiest solution was to just to use the reinstallation CD
for
Microsoft Windows XP, but evidently I only have two DVD reader/writers and
no
CD drive, which causes the upgrade to fail because it says there are no CD
drives.

So, now what do I do? Please help.

See if this helps
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBU/tip10300/rh10337.htm

Jon

 

[Sharon Franks]

The link Jon gave you should fix your problem but just to add, the
spoolsv.exe is self generating meaning that if it is deleted it will
recreate itself on reboot.