SPOOLER CANNOT REMAIN STARTED - FIX

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

....and BTW. It's almost insulting to read that someone is detailing exactly
how to navigate to services (services.msc) in order to START the spooler
service and solve this issue. In our many years of experience we have never
seen the printer spooler fail to load until recently, yet this the first
place we went and failed. If a resolution is available it is way beyond
rudimentary steps in order to FIX.

"Michaelw" wrote:

> Many of us (…if not all) are coming up empty handed. DELL just replaced 9
> computers (OPTIPLEX) because of this very issue.
>
> - Printer Spooler and corresponding RPC services fail to load on startup.
> - Printers and faxes are *all* unavailable.
> - An abundance of errors regarding print spooler not started, etc.
>
> Does anyone know for certain, and has anyone contacted MS on this issue?
> Gosh…, we must have all accumulated 1000’s of wasted hours on images having
> this very problem. Cheers -Michael
>

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

most spooler failures are caused by faulting print drivers. Start there.

you can also search the Knowledge base if there is an error message
generated.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"jwood" <jwood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:268A6E27-87B7-4E65-91F3-6475090785A2@microsoft.com...
> i'm having a print spooler problem too! how do i fix it? do you know where
to
> go to find out?
>
>
> "Michaelw" wrote:
>
> > Many of us (.if not all) are coming up empty handed. DELL just replaced
9
> > computers (OPTIPLEX) because of this very issue.
> >
> > - Printer Spooler and corresponding RPC services fail to load on
startup.
> > - Printers and faxes are *all* unavailable.
> > - An abundance of errors regarding print spooler not started, etc.
> >
> > Does anyone know for certain, and has anyone contacted MS on this issue?
> > Gosh., we must have all accumulated 1000's of wasted hours on images
having
> > this very problem. Cheers -Michael
> >

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

Perhaps if the spooler is looking for a printer driver to hook to, and none
is present.
Maybe a nonexistant printer driver might be considered a faulty one from a
software detection standpoint. I can remember when we had to install the
generic printer driver or a generic postscript printer driver to make office
work properly without a "normal" printer & driver instralled.

"michaelw" <michaelw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> ...these problems are the result of NEW machines with NO printers
> installed
> with a NEWLY installed OS (Windows XP). Thanks for your reply but this
> could
> not be any problem "caused by faulty print drivers".
>
>
> "Alan Morris(MSFT)" wrote:
>
>> most spooler failures are caused by faulting print drivers. Start there.
>>
>> you can also search the Knowledge base if there is an error message
>> generated.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>>
>> --
>> Alan Morris
>> Windows Printing Team
>> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "jwood" <jwood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:268A6E27-87B7-4E65-91F3-6475090785A2@microsoft.com...
>> > i'm having a print spooler problem too! how do i fix it? do you know
>> > where
>> to
>> > go to find out?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michaelw" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Many of us (.if not all) are coming up empty handed. DELL just
>> > > replaced
>> 9
>> > > computers (OPTIPLEX) because of this very issue.
>> > >
>> > > - Printer Spooler and corresponding RPC services fail to load on
>> startup.
>> > > - Printers and faxes are *all* unavailable.
>> > > - An abundance of errors regarding print spooler not started, etc.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know for certain, and has anyone contacted MS on this
>> > > issue?
>> > > Gosh., we must have all accumulated 1000's of wasted hours on images
>> having
>> > > this very problem. Cheers -Michael
>> > >
>>
>>
>>