Windows xp printer spooling

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Paging Zefram Cochrane: Humans have figured out how to make a warp bubble. Show Comments. Hide Comments. The Print Spooler service is started. How to restart the Print Spooler. Scroll down the list and click or tap on Print Spooler. Click or tap on Restart the service. Windows 8. Move the mouse cursor to the bottom or top-right of the screen and click the Search icon highlighted below from the menu that appears.

Type Local Services in the Search bar. Click Settings under the Search bar and click on View local services. Scroll down the list of services and click on Print Spooler. At the top-left of the window, click on Stop the service. To automatically start the Print Spooler restart the computer - for this to work, the Startup Type should be set to Automatic the default setting. To start the service manually Click Start the service. Scroll down the list and click on Print Spooler. Click on Restart the service.

Windows 7. Open Local Services. Open the Start menu, click on Run. Somehow today my spooler got messed up.

See others have this problem too. I started many of them, but restarting shuts them all down again. Says my spooler is off - I turn it on, shuts back off.. Ready to try a recovery again but a file is missing What a mess.

So I was going to install that cleaner you have, wrong version. I have win 7 but it needs a different version, I did not screenshot the message, should have. Frustrated, this stuff should not be messed with. Going to try and search the internet for a " spooler cleaner," this is absurd for a home pc user to do this sort of junk.

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Somehow I have the feeling you may need to do a couple other things, but start with the easy stuff first: If you see a message like this: Printers Operation could not be completed. Do, or do not. There is no try. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

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