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How to fix 'print spooler' - Office Equipment & Supplies

  • alfjobson Dec 04, 2008

    Windows cant open Add Printer. The local print spooler service is not running.Please restart the spooler or restart the machine.
    I have tried to fix this all sorts of ways and nothing works. Please Help


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  1. open regedit (e.g. click Start, key regedit and press Enter)
  2. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers
under this key, there will be the keys Version-2 and Version-3 (one or the other of these may be absent - not a problem)
the sub-keys under these contain the printer driver configuration information
delete all the sub-keys inside Version-2 and Version-3, but not these keys themselves
The Microsoft Knowledgebase article at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312052 lists some other registry entries to delete, but this is not usually necessary.
  1. open a Command Prompt window
  2. key the commands
    net stop spooler
    net start spooler

  3. open Windows Explorer
  4. navigate to %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\ and delete any files there. By default, this is where the print spooler stores print files.
  5. navigate to %systemroot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 (%systemroot% is usually Windows, but it might be winnt or something else; this is set when the OS is installed).
  6. inside w32x86, there will be folders with the names 2 and 3 (one or more of these may be absent - not a problem)
    delete all of the files and sub-folders in each of the 2 and 3 folders, but not the folders themselves
    inside w32x86, there may be other folders with names starting with "hewlett_packard", "hphp" or something else; delete these folders also
  7. restart the print spooler (see steps 8 and 9 above)

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  2. Browse to your windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS\ folder. You should see files there ending in .SPL and .SHD created around the time you tried to print - delete these files.
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HOW TO CHECK AND FIX PRINT SPOOLER SERVICE THAT CAUSES UNABLE TO PRINT FILE

Print spooler service is a computer service that loads the print jobs into the printer memory for later printing and it acts as intermediary between a computer and a printer. When the print spooler service is stopped or malfunction, printing is not possible.


Here are the possible reasons :

1. Virus or Malware infection.

2. Spooler service was stop by accident or turn off to manual/disable mode.

3.Faulty installed printer driver that contains error or incompatible with previous printer drivers installed in your computer or system.

4. Print jobs and drawing jobs were corrupted by accident which caused print que lock and resulting print spooler service to crash.

5. Your printer had printing problem issue with pdf files.


To fix this problem, you have to check if the print spooler service had stop.

Here's how to check and fix the print spooler service.

Go to START
Choose RUN
Type SERVICES.MSC
Click on PRINT SPOOLER and check if the STATUS IS STARTED
If not, on the upper left side, click on STOP to stop the spooler service
Then click on RESTART to restart the spooler
Restart your printer and your computer

Please rate and make a comment if you find this solution very helpful and might help others as well. Post more comments if you need more help.
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You have a choice: try perennially to cure your print spooler by yourself or get Print Spooler Fix Wizard last and all the time. Doesn’t an hour of your work cost less than Print Spooler Fix Wizard? It’s better to get high effective solution for several minutes than try to cope with printer problems manually. When you choose Print Spooler Fix Wizard you decide successful help.

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Printer problems: is it an boring chance or a reason of why the whole department interrupts its earn money? When you end your earn money sending a paper into your printing waiting line print spooler only begins its earn money. Are you really sure that high-effectively your print spooler will ever hold out against print spooler virus? You needn’t activate to buy a up-to-date printer if you have Printer Spooler Fix Wizard. So fast and effectual treatment as Spooler Fix Wizard may become a salvation of your province printing capabilities. Just as you need your printer earn moneys now and printing tasks can’t be call off we suggest you Printer Spooler Fix Wizard.

You have a choice: try perennially to cure your print spooler by yourself or get Print Spooler Fix Wizard last and all the time. Doesn’t an hour of your work cost less than Print Spooler Fix Wizard? It’s better to get high effective solution for several minutes than try to cope with printer problems manually. When you choose Print Spooler Fix Wizard you decide successful help.
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