Printer spooler service is not working!

[Joker37]

Hi everybody!

My printer spooler service is not working. How can I fix it?

I've tried going to start ---> run ---> services.msc---> Clicking "ok"

Then, I tried going to the print spooler icon and restarting the service. I then also restarted my computer however my computer's printer still won't print because my "printer spooler service" is not running.

What can I do to fix this problem?
Anybody got any ideas?

 

[pickster]

you may need to go back into services and check if its set to manual , auto or disabled

if you right click on the spooler and select properties you can change to auto from there , that makes it start when you start your pc

 

[Joker37]

you may need to go back into services and check if its set to manual , auto or disabled

if you right click on the spooler and select properties you can change to auto from there , that makes it start when you start your pc

It was on Automatic when I tried it.

 

[pickster]

It is the "print spooler service is not running" Error.Now fix the error.
1.Click "start button"-->"Run",Type "services.msc" and click OK.
2.Find the "Printer Spooler service" in the windows, Double-click it.Then change its startup type to Automatic.
3.Delete contents of the C:\Windows\System32\spool\printers folder.
4.Restart your computer and install printer again.

Or you can open command prompt and type in windwos 7
The Code:
net stop spooler
del /Q /F /S "%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers\*.*"
net start spooler

 

[pickster]

1) The above workaround does work, but you may need to do it multiable times for it to work.

2) This is a leftover bug from Vista. Vista had the same issue, and the same workaround.

3) I,m presuming your OS is Windows 7

 

[johnb35]

Navigate to C:\windows\system32 and see if there is a file in that folder named spoolsv.exe. If there isn't, then let me know.

 

[Joker37]

1) The above workaround does work, but you may need to do it multiable times for it to work.

2) This is a leftover bug from Vista. Vista had the same issue, and the same workaround.

3) I,m presuming your OS is Windows 7

Actually, I'm using Windows XP.

 

[Joker37]

Navigate to C:\windows\system32 and see if there is a file in that folder named spoolsv.exe. If there isn't, then let me know.

Yep, it's there!

What should I do? It still won't work when I restart the computer.

Should the printer be on when I try to reboot the computer or should it be turned off or doesn't it matter?

Please help!