Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows XP > Windows XP General Discussion > reinstall printer

reinstall printer

Forum Windows XP : Windows XP General Discussion - reinstall printer

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

i need to reinstall my printer..when i click on add printer it says operation cannot be performed..my printer is not recognized and im not sure how to reinstall..can someone help?

Add a reply

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

You first need to ensure your print spooler is started.... from the command
prompt, type

net start spooler
(and hit enter)

Then try to install again..... and you must be an Administrator or User with
Admin Rights in order to be able to install.
--
Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com
"connie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CAB3E604-1A10-45BB-920F-179F7A6207C6@microsoft.com...
>i need to reinstall my printer..when i click on add printer it says
>operation cannot be performed..my printer is not recognized and im not sure
>how to reinstall..can someone help?
>

Reply to Anonymous

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows XP > Windows XP General Discussion > reinstall printer

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 1218 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.369 seconds

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel

Focus On

reinstall printer

Forum Windows XP : Windows XP General Discussion - reinstall printer

Please mind