System cannot 'find' Print Spooler Service

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If you do a File Search (including Hidden Files and Folders) is that the
ONLY place you find the spoolsv.exe file?
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Cari
(MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)

"Choirpower" <Choirpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0366559D-7A56-4803-8A62-6B7A33B0C73D@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure how it happened, but my printing abilities stopped suddenly.
> I
> tried uninstalling and reinstalling my HP psc750 software and drivers but
> the
> installation keeps failing to complete. Further research shows me that
> the
> Print Spooler is stopped in the Computer Management/Service console. When
> I
> attempt to start the print spooler service, the following error message
> pops
> up:
>
> "Could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer. Error 2:
> The
> system cannot find the file specified."
>
> Services shows the spoolsv.exe file at: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
>
> My Norton AntiVirus reports that the file is clean, however I keep getting
> the message that the file cannot be found
>
> While I'd like to know just where my Print Spooler file has gone, I REALLY
> would like to know how to find/repair/reinstall the missing file(s) so I
> am
> able to print again.
>
> Data: Using XP Home w/SP1 and SP2 installed.
>
> Any/all help will most Joyfully be accepted (and would get my wife off my
> back as she REALLY needs to print some important documents!!)
>
> Tim
>
>