Printer print after restart

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Hi
I have a network at my home with XP Pro. My printer is attached to the
router with a print server.

this network has worked great till this week. Starting this week, (maybe--
maybe after I downloaded the new security updates) my printer does not print
when I command it to. It just freezes, until I restart the computer. When I
get the cntl-alt-delete prompt, then the printer kicks in and prints what I
commanded. I don't even need to log on.

Any thoughts?
--
Thanks
David

 

[Guest]

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

sounds like the printer spooler gets hosed.. Have you tried stopping the
spooler service, delete the spooler files, then try to print again?
Mike D
"davidman820" <davidman820@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18BA378D-E0B9-4C19-A769-6947D61F763D@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have a network at my home with XP Pro. My printer is attached to the
> router with a print server.
>
> this network has worked great till this week. Starting this week,
> (maybe--
> maybe after I downloaded the new security updates) my printer does not
> print
> when I command it to. It just freezes, until I restart the computer.
> When I
> get the cntl-alt-delete prompt, then the printer kicks in and prints what
> I
> commanded. I don't even need to log on.
>
> Any thoughts?
> --
> Thanks
> David