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Forum Windows XP : General Discussion Printer Spooler

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After I installed Service Pack 2 all of a sudden (may or may not be related)
I lost ability to connect to my printer. I get a message when I try to add
the printer back that says: "Operation could not be completed. The printer
spooker service is not available."

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

 

Start it.

From the Command Prompt, type

net start spooler

(and hit enter)
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Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
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"IT Lobbyist" <IT Lobbyist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After I installed Service Pack 2 all of a sudden (may or may not be
> related)
> I lost ability to connect to my printer. I get a message when I try to
> add
> the printer back that says: "Operation could not be completed. The printer
> spooker service is not available."
>

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