"print spooler service" error Windows XP

[flatspunout]

Hi everyone I'm just an average computer user with a fussy printer, and this was the first forum that came up when I Googled "printer help", so I hope I'm in the right place...any help is appreciated! The short and skinny is my printer stopped working, I attempted to uninstall/reinstall it, and now I'm getting "operation could not be completed, the print spooler service is not running" when I try to add a printer. I'm running Windows XP on a Dell Pentium 4 (maybe that's the problem huh ) and the printer is a HP DeskJet 895Cse. Thanks in advance for any help, and please try to make it construction paper and cardboard level stuff...I'm lost. Cheers!

-rocky b

[jst3751]

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[Info Systems Specialist]

I, too have been having the same problem in addition to another problem.

I am in the process of of implementing updated computers in a small library. I have two computers that are Dell computers with XP and are on a new domain.
I have two other computers on the old domain--Dell with XP. Of the two on the old domain, one computer is attached to a HP 1200 printer and in turn is connected to a print server box so that it can be read as a network printer.

Now the problem is this--on the two updated printers, I have been trying to install the printer driver for the HP1200 so that they can can print to the printer attached to the computer on the old domain. Not only do I get the spooling message, but I can't print. I have reinstalled the printer driver, gone out to HP to get XP printer drivers, but still to no avail. Is this a permissions thing on AD and where would I check (not to familiar with AD) or would it have to do with the print server box. In addition to installing the printer driver, I have also configured an IP address for the port.

HOpe my question is clear as mud, and that somebody out there can assist me in solving this problem.

Thanks,

ISS

[loucapppozzoli]

Printer spooler service needs to be turned on through the services menu. Right click on my computer and go to manage, you should be able to find it from there.

[reverse proxy]

click the start button then choose run, on the run command type in services.msc.. it should bring up the services local window.

under the services local window look for the name "print spooler" then double click the name and another window will pop up, choose the general tab and under it make sure to set the startup type to automatic then press the start button just below the startup type option.

afterwards, click the ok button to save the settings you have made and it should already start the printing service in windows xp.

hope this will help you..

[MUFKER]

i have the same problem and tried what was suggested but that didn't work either. any other thoughts thanks