I want to add a printer, but get the error message "print spooler service does not work."

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• printing problem "the print spooler service does not work.

  Original title: printing problem

  I want to print, but a warning said "the print spooler service does not work.  What is c? or what can I do?

  Hello

  I suggest to follow each steps of troubleshooting provided in the link below and also suggest to run the Fixit tool in step 2 and verify if it helps solve the issue

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/printer-problems-in-Windows

• problem printer-"the print spooler service does not work.

  tried to add the printer, but get message "the print spooler service is not running" what I do?

  tried to add the printer, but get message "the print spooler service is not running" what I do?

  Often, but not always, the symptoms you describe are caused by a corrupt print job stuck in the queue or a damaged printer driver.  However before you clean things up, on general principles, that you can download, install, update and run full scans with each of these two free programs:

  AntiMailware MalwareBytes
  SUPERAntiSpyware

  Do not operate the two scans simultaneously.  Each will take a long time, so start it and then go do something else for a while.

  Cleaning of printers

  NOTE: If after completing step has the print spooler is not always running after you launched the command "net start spooler", you will not be able to follow all the steps in "First Article".  Instead, go to the other link and download and get and use the utility 'cleanspl' such as described here.

  A. Clean on print jobs pending

  • Open a command prompt window (start > run > cmd > OK)
  • Type the following in the black command prompt window, and then press ENTER after each line

  net stop spooler
  del/q '% windir%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.* '.
  net start spooler
  output

  B. clean the old printer drivers and install the latest drivers by using the directions in One Article.  If you have (or had) a Lexmark printer, follow the instructions on the following site before installing the new drivers, as explained in its first Article: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

• How can I fix the error message "the print spooler service does not work."?

  All printer drivers that I had loaded do not work or have disappeared.  After you download the printer drivers, I got the error message: "operation could not be performed.  The print spooler service is not running. "I have Windows XP.  I need to print now!

  To start the print spooler service, click Start > all programs > Accessories > run. In the run box type in services.msc. In the Windows Services window right-click on print spooler and select open. You will then see the options "Start automatically", and then on the button 'Start Service'. Click on those and then click apply then OK. Who should start the print spooler service, however, if you get an error message, see the link below for more information.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/itprovistaprinting/thread/391f3c57-5d2b-4E88-ADC6-190429a7fdbe

• Error "the print spooler service does not work.

  print spooler - HELP

  my printer disappeared and when I tried to reinstall a message appears that the print spooler service is not runnin - HELP

  Hi masubb1,

  ·         You did changes to the computer before the show?

  You can try the following solutions.

  Method 1: Run the next Fixit tool and see if it helps.

  Problems printing and printing errors

  Method 2: Follow this guide step by step to solve the problem.

  Printer in Windows problems

• When I try to add a printer I get a watch box (Printer Spooler services does not work)

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  Ideas:

  • You have problems with programs
  • Error messages
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  • What you have already tried to solve the problem

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  SC Tom
  -There is no such thing as TMI if you request technical support.

  The print spooler service is stopped and the printers and Faxes screen is empty, you cannot add a printer and (usually), you cannot print either.  It happened just before this problem occurred?

  Start the print spooler and make sure that it is configured to start automatically:

  Start > run > services.msc > OK

  When the Services window opens, scroll down to the print spooler.  Double click on it.  Make sure that the "Startup Type" is "automatic".  Click on the button 'start '.  OK, go out of your way and close the Services window.

  If the print spooler stops again immediately after return.

• error "local printer spooler service does not work." any attempt to add a local printer (USB or Bluetooth) fails.

  I can't add a printer (USB or Bluetooth), because it always returns a printer spooler error. I tried to restart the print spooler and by ensuring that this "local system account" and "allow service to interact with desktop" is selected. I also deleted all the old printer drivers, rebooted, checked the RPC Locator is active and tried everything I can think of. It worked well in Vista x 64 on the same machine later than yesterday, but the upgrade to Windows 7 x 64 seems to have something broken. The printer, a HP C5500 series, works very well on a virtual machine that is running the same operating system. (I rather not have to run a virtual machine just to print, of course.) Running RTM x 64 on a Dell XPS M1530, which very well printed Vista, just before upgrading, to Win7. Suggestions?

  FINALLY, I SOLVED THE PROBLEM! Probably, this will not help too other people unless they too, are start several operating systems and VMware Tools running, but I figured out how to fix it on my system without having to reinstall Windows. In fact, it was caused by an instance of VMware Tools. I removed, rebooted and voila - I was able to print again. In an effort to help a few other people, here is a summary of the things I've tried while working through the countless possibilities. If you are having problems "print spooler cannot start", one of these might help.

  (1) after having in vain attempted to restart the print spooler service and by checking all its dependencies, I deleted all the registry entries and drivers as detailed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324757.
  (2) I rebooted in safe mode and check the C:\Windows\System32\spool\ folder for all the corrupted files or remnants of coil.
  (3) I moved all the drivers printer in C:\Windows\System32\spool\x64 (or \w32x86 if you are using a 32-bit operating system) to a temporary folder. While examining the dll, I became suspicious of some "ThinPrint" drivers by VMware.
  (4) I tried to replace with a known good copy spoolsv.exe. (To do this, you need to take ownership of the file. Search engines are your friend.)
  (5) I tried to use RegEdit to reconfigure the default http RPCSS indicated in the "DependOnService" value This and all the other steps I mention in this list, are described in great detail in the links provided in my Nov 11 message.
  (6) I tried system restore back as far as possible - who had the positive effect of the side to undo these unsuccessful efforts in this case. Unfortunately, the problem persisted, due to the limited number of available on my system restore points.
  (7) following up on top of my suspicion earlier, I removed VMware Workstation and restarted. The problem persisted after a reboot.
  (8) I then started in the other OS on my system and removed the VMware tools he had installed on my boot drive, then restarted.

  Bingo! Printers reappeared and everything worked properly. Then, I was able to reinstall VMware Workstation without breaking anything. Phew!

• The Print Spool Service does not work

  I use Windows XP and have 2 printers installed.  I had no problems until recently, when I try to print I get an error message that I need to install a printer.  When I went to control panel to check the status of my printers don't have no installed printer.  When I clicked on the "Add a printer" icon, I received a message that the "Service of Spool of printing does not work.".  I can't find anywhere in the menu helps an answer to this problem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I must mention that I restore the computer to an earlier time and he has not made a difference.

  To activate the Print Spool Service, follow these steps:

  1. click on the Start Menu, click Run, type "services.msc" and press ENTER.

  2. in the Services pane, click on "Alert" and scroll down until you see "print spooler".

  3. click on "Start service" or "Restart Service", as the case may be.

  The print spooler service should now be enabled.

  Check if the printing problem is resolved.

  Hope this helps

  Post back if necessary

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• Help with the Printer Spooler service does not work error

  How can I fix printer service spooler does not work error? My two printers won't work now, and re - install the printing software produces error messages. Tried to use microsoft fix - it for printers without result.

  Thank you.

  Hi elvenlord21,

  See the article below which has some useful suggestions to fix the print spooler error.

  You cannot add a printer and you receive Printer Spooler error messages in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/324757

  See also:

  Error message when you use the Add Printer Wizard: "Operation could not be completed.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314876

  Kind regards

  Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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• operation coul Windows xp can not be finished the print spooler service does not work

  Cannot print from dell optiplex 780 desktop.  He said spooler service is not running

  Click Start and type Services.msc

  Press enter

  Scroll down to the print spooler is that it set to automatic?  Click on it to select it and in the top left page you will see Stop and Start.  Click on stop.  Wait for the spooler to stop.  Now click on restart.

  Close the window

  Go to control panel and open the Printers folder.  Right-click on the printer icon, then select open.  There the documents listed in the queue?  If Yes, click on the printer and select Cancel all documents.  Close the windows.

  Restart and try printing again.

• cannot print... "the local print spooler service does not work.

  It all started this morning...

  It may be advantageous to make sure that the print spooler service is running.

  (1) go to Start, all programs, Administrative Tools, Services
  (2) scroll down to the print spooler
  (3) if she says not "started" in the "Status" column, right click and click Start

• I get the error message: 87A required option does not appear in the command line.

  * Original title: errors

  I'm trying to reformat my Windows 8 operating system, because I have pop-ups, lack of slow response files and a host of other problems which seem to have started when my son downloaded things on the Internet. I have missing files and was trying to solve this problem so that I could go back to reformat the hard drive.

  I get the following error:

  Error: 87

  A required option is missing from the command line.

  Make sure that /index or/Name is specified.

  The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

  How can I solve this problem?

  MD

  How are you trying to "reformat"?

  Have you thought about running a malware first application to see if it is the problem?

  Please download the free version of Malwarebytes.
  Update immediately.
  Do a full scan of the system
  Let us know the results at the end.

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products

• Failed to load printer - clicking Add indicates a Printer Spooler Service does not.

  Upgrade Windows XP to SP3 last night.  Now all in printers and faxes has disappeared.  Click on add a printer indicates the Spooler Service does not.   Went in and forced a start; Add the said printer still does not.

  Deleted old printer drivers (Lexmark).  Downloaded updated.  Execution of Lexmark is set up; said the spooler does not (yet), tries to start.  Then, the installation fails saying "No. valid Ports for the driver.

  Often, but not always, the symptoms you describe are caused by a corrupt print job stuck in the queue or a damaged printer driver.  However before you clean things up, on general principles, that you can download, install, update and run full scans with each of these two free programs:

  AntiMailware MalwareBytes
  SUPERAntiSpyware

  Do not operate the two scans simultaneously.  Each will take a long time, so start it and then go do something else for a while.

  I think that your problem is related to the way that Lexmark install printers, as explained in this excerpt from the article linked in step B below (step numbers refer to article in full):

  If you have a Lexmark printer, these additional steps may be necessary (thanks to Robert Orleth [MSFT] to provide this information).  Sometimes, the Lexmark printer installation process installs a service that makes dependent Print Spooler service itself.  If there is a problem with service Lexmark or a Lexmark printer driver (or you have removed using the procedure above), Print Spooler service does not start (see also http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324757).  The steps below make Print Spooler service only on service (RPCSS) remote procedure (RPC) call, which is normal.  Print Spooler service dependencies are stored in the registry at

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler\DependOnService

  The sc config step 16 command resets the value for this entry.

  1. Open a command prompt window

  2. the control key
            sc config spooler depend = RPCSS
        (Note the space after the = not before)

  3. Restart print spooler (see steps 8 and 9 above)

  Cleaning of printers

  NOTE: If after completing step has the print spooler is not always running after you launched the command "net start spooler", you will not be able to follow all the steps in "First Article".  Instead, go to the other link and download and get and use the utility 'cleanspl' such as described here.

  A. Clean on print jobs pending

  • Open a command prompt window (start > run > cmd > OK)
  • Type the following in the black command prompt window, and then press ENTER after each line

  net stop spooler
  del/q '% windir%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.* '.
  net start spooler
  output

  B. clean the old printer drivers and install the latest drivers by using the directions in One Article.  If you have (or had) a Lexmark printer, follow the instructions on the following site before installing the new drivers, as explained in its first Article: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

• Equium M40X: Cannot print - not done. Print Spooler service does not

  My notebook Equium M40X has suddenly decided to stop from allowing me to print, gives me the message "operation was not completed. "print spooler service does not. I get this message even when you try to install the original installed printer drivers.

  To resolve this problem, I went to the services.msc to attempt to start the print spooler, but the command is not here present and seems to be missing. I also tried to launch it by clicking Start and then run and typing "net start spooler", but even once, it does not. Can anyone help with this?

  My laptop is an Equium M40X and the operating system is Windows XP Service Pack 2.

  Hello

  This error occurs because the spooler service has not been started or has stopped working.
  It seems that this error is known to Microsoft and they decided to public an article in the knowledge base that could help solve this problem.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314876

  As you say that the spooler service must be restarted.
  To start the spooler service, follow these steps:
  1. click on start and then click Control Panel.
  2. double-click Administrative Tools and then click Services.
  3. double-click on the Printer Spooler service and then change the startup type to automatic. This option sets the spooler service starts automatically when you restart the computer.
  4. If you want to start the spooler service immediately, click the Start button under the Service status field

  If you will not be able to restart the spooler service, you can try to restore the Windows operating system to the point initially by using the Windows System Restore tool.

• Printer Spooler service does not

  No apparent reason, I can print is no longer.  In Panel, printers and fax machines, no printer is listed despite the fact that there were at least two.  If I try to add a printer, I get the message Printer Spooler service does not. I was on the Microsoft site and loaded a convenience store who confirmed that the Printer Spooler service did not work but cannot fix it.  Not very useful at all.  Can anyone help.  I saw that a lot of old messages about this problem so it is not unique, but I'm really really stuck.

  You can start the print spooler by using different techniques, which one is suggested by Saurabh Joshi.

  Unfortunately, restart the print spooler generally fails to resolve the problem that caused the print spooler to stop in the first place.

  Apart from malware (and you'd be well advised to scan your system to update MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and SUPERAntiSpyware), are two likely reasons that your print spooler stops printer driver has corrupted and (b) corrupt print job stuck in the print queue.

  Start by removing the print queue.  With the print spooler stopped, go to C:\Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete the contents of the folder.  Do not delete the folder ...\PRINTERS himself.

  Then, clean and reinstall the drivers for your printer.  See the instructions at http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm
  If you have a Lexmark printer, see this article for special instructions: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm