Spooler error

pyrotaz · 06-02-2009, 09:18 AM

I've been working on a friends computer, the power supply in the tower failed. I went and took the original harddrive out and placed it in a new tower. Now when he tries to use the dell 922 printer he gets an "operation print spool service not running". We have uninstalled and reinstalled the printer and still get the same error. Any suggestions

Diane36D · 06-02-2009, 09:57 AM

Assuming you're talking about Windows, go to the Computer Management Console by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Manage, then go to Services in the left pane. A list of services will appear in the right side. Double-click on "Print Spooler" and make sure it's running and set to Automatic.

pyrotaz · 06-04-2009, 08:24 AM

Sorry about that it is Windows Xp. Tried this and its was set to automatic. Any other ideas? Thanks

Riskyone101 · 06-04-2009, 10:11 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

In services, go and stop the service, then renable it, "started"

check in the task manager, is it running here now? spoolsv.exe?

start
search
type: spoolsv.exe
What comes up when you search for it?

06-02-2009, 09:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
pyrotaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 22 OS: XP-Home	Spooler error I've been working on a friends computer, the power supply in the tower failed. I went and took the original harddrive out and placed it in a new tower. Now when he tries to use the dell 922 printer he gets an "operation print spool service not running". We have uninstalled and reinstalled the printer and still get the same error. Any suggestions

06-02-2009, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Diane36D Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP Pro	Re: Spooler error Assuming you're talking about Windows, go to the Computer Management Console by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Manage, then go to Services in the left pane. A list of services will appear in the right side. Double-click on "Print Spooler" and make sure it's running and set to Automatic.

06-04-2009, 08:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
pyrotaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 22 OS: XP-Home	Re: Spooler error Sorry about that it is Windows Xp. Tried this and its was set to automatic. Any other ideas? Thanks

06-04-2009, 10:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Spooler error Hello and Welcome to TSF, In services, go and stop the service, then renable it, "started" check in the task manager, is it running here now? spoolsv.exe? start search type: spoolsv.exe What comes up when you search for it? __________________