unable to add printers

[Xu Xiangchun]

On a Win2000 professional PC, if I choose to add a printer
in the Control Panel--> Printer. If alwasy gives me the
error message " printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable"

Who can help me to fix the problem? Thanks

 

[Marc D.]

Check that the Print Spooler service is started.

 

[Travis]

I'm having the same problem. My printers were all set up
and then I lost them. When I try to add I get the same
error message" printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable".
I've tried manually starting the print spooler in the
command prompt. Also in control panel -> Administrative
tools -> services -> print spooler I started it but as
soon as you go to add printer it shuts down print spooler
and gives the same message. I'm running windows 2000
professional. Any more suggestions?

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

This failure is usually caused by faulting print drivers. What print
drivers are installed on the system?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312052
Error Message: Spoolsv.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed by
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;153355
Error Message: "Print Processor Is Unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158042
Operation Could Not Be Completed, When Using Add Printer Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324757
"Spooler Subsystem Application Needs to Close" and "Operation Could Not Be
Completed" Error Messages

--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Travis]

We mainly printed to a network printer which is an HP1100,
or a HP 8500. I think they were the original drivers that
came with the printers. I found some instructions on
cleaning out printers which seems a bit involved, but if
it gets us printing then I'm all for it. What do you say
Alan? There may be more print drivers but it won't show
any of the printers that were installed and I can't
remember if any others were there. Basically it may have
been networked to a Konica 7033 as well but that's about
it. (all network printers)

-----Original Message-----
This failure is usually caused by faulting print drivers. What print
drivers are installed on the system?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;312052
Error Message: Spoolsv.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed by
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;153355
Error Message: "Print Processor Is Unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;158042
Operation Could Not Be Completed, When Using Add Printer Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;324757
"Spooler Subsystem Application Needs to Close" and "Operation Could Not Be
Completed" Error Messages

--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; [ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I'm having the same problem. My printers were all set up
and then I lost them. When I try to add I get the same
error message" printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable".
I've tried manually starting the print spooler in the
command prompt. Also in control panel -> Administrative
tools -> services -> print spooler I started it but as
soon as you go to add printer it shuts down print spooler
and gives the same message. I'm running windows 2000
professional. Any more suggestions?

.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

Yes sometime you have to cleanup the information that gets added to registry
from driver / monitor / print processor installs.

Can you export a regkey so I can take a look and make a guess at the issue?
You don't have to just hoping to track this a bit further than removing all
traces of the offender.

I am interested in HKey_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service\Print


--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

We mainly printed to a network printer which is an HP1100,
or a HP 8500. I think they were the original drivers that
came with the printers. I found some instructions on
cleaning out printers which seems a bit involved, but if
it gets us printing then I'm all for it. What do you say
Alan? There may be more print drivers but it won't show
any of the printers that were installed and I can't
remember if any others were there. Basically it may have
been networked to a Konica 7033 as well but that's about
it. (all network printers)

-----Original Message-----
This failure is usually caused by faulting print drivers. What print
drivers are installed on the system?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;312052
Error Message: Spoolsv.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed by
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;153355
Error Message: "Print Processor Is Unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;158042
Operation Could Not Be Completed, When Using Add Printer Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;324757
"Spooler Subsystem Application Needs to Close" and "Operation Could Not Be
Completed" Error Messages

--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; [ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I'm having the same problem. My printers were all set up
and then I lost them. When I try to add I get the same
error message" printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable".
I've tried manually starting the print spooler in the
command prompt. Also in control panel -> Administrative
tools -> services -> print spooler I started it but as
soon as you go to add printer it shuts down print spooler
and gives the same message. I'm running windows 2000
professional. Any more suggestions?

-----Original Message-----
Check that the Print Spooler service is started.

-----Original Message-----

On a Win2000 professional PC, if I choose to add a
printer
in the Control Panel--> Printer. If alwasy gives me the
error message " printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable"

Who can help me to fix the problem? Thanks
.

.

.

 

[Guest]

I solved this by uninstalling a couple of programs.
Mcafee Firewall, Kaaza and Ad-aware. My guess is that the
firewall was conflicting. The other two I was just doing
to get rid of the programs because I didn't use them.
Hope this helps someone else.

-----Original Message-----
Yes sometime you have to cleanup the information that gets added to registry
from driver / monitor / print processor installs.

Can you export a regkey so I can take a look and make a guess at the issue?
You don't have to just hoping to track this a bit further than removing all
traces of the offender.

I am interested in HKey_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service\Print


--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; [ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

We mainly printed to a network printer which is an HP1100,
or a HP 8500. I think they were the original drivers that
came with the printers. I found some instructions on
cleaning out printers which seems a bit involved, but if
it gets us printing then I'm all for it. What do you say
Alan? There may be more print drivers but it won't show
any of the printers that were installed and I can't
remember if any others were there. Basically it may have
been networked to a Konica 7033 as well but that's about
it. (all network printers)

-----Original Message-----
This failure is usually caused by faulting print drivers. What print
drivers are installed on the system?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;312052
Error Message: Spoolsv.exe Has Generated Errors and

Will
Be Closed by

Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;153355
Error Message: "Print Processor Is Unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;158042
Operation Could Not Be Completed, When Using Add

Printer
Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;324757
"Spooler Subsystem Application Needs to Close" and "Operation Could Not Be
Completed" Error Messages

--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; [ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,

and
confers no rights.

I'm having the same problem. My printers were all

set
up

and then I lost them. When I try to add I get the same
error message" printer operation cannot continue due to
lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable".
I've tried manually starting the print spooler in the
command prompt. Also in control panel -> Administrative
tools -> services -> print spooler I started it but as
soon as you go to add printer it shuts down print spooler
and gives the same message. I'm running windows 2000
professional. Any more suggestions?

-----Original Message-----
Check that the Print Spooler service is started.

-----Original Message-----

On a Win2000 professional PC, if I choose to add a
printer
in the Control Panel--> Printer. If alwasy gives me the
error message " printer operation cannot continue

due
to

lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable"

Who can help me to fix the problem? Thanks
.

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