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How to start the Print Spooler Service in Vista Premium

Zones: Windows Vista, Printers & Scanners

Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Premium, Print Spooler Service isn't started

I'm trying to add a network printer to a brand-new Dell workstation. The error message comes up, "Cannnot add the printer because the Print Spooler Service isn't started".
Sure enough, in Services, the Print Spooler service is stopped. But it doesn't allow me to start it - right-click doesn't work.

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Question Asked By: dwightbaer04

Solution Provided By: tboy6423

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03.03.2008 at 09:42AM PST, ID: 21033822

tboy6423:

Do you get an error message while trying to start it? What do you mean right click does not work? Do you have other vista desktops conntected to that printer?

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03.03.2008 at 01:04PM PST, ID: 21035641

dwightbaer04:

First of all, when I came to the machine the print spooler service was running.
Then I tried to add a network printer. (The printer is shared, on a machine in the same workgroup.) I got the following message:
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler or restart the machine."
Then I see a window with the following error message:
`Spooler Subsystem App stopped working and was closed. A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available.``

What I mean, `Right Click doesn`t work is: I`m looking at the Services from within the MSConfig window. Right-click doesn`t work here. What is the proper way to configure Services in Vista.

03.03.2008 at 01:30PM PST, ID: 21035866

dwightbaer04:

OK ... I tried to add this printer from a different Vista machine. Same error. Let`s call the machine VistaPrintServer1 where I have the printer shared. Let`s say I`ve tried to access that printer from VistaPrintClient1 and VistaPrintClient2.

Then I shared a printer on a different machine, let`s call it VistaPrintServer2. I tried to add it on VistaPrintClient1. Same error. Yikes! What am I missing.

03.03.2008 at 01:30PM PST, ID: 21035870

dwightbaer04:

(I hate Vista!)

03.03.2008 at 01:36PM PST, ID: 21035916

dwightbaer04:

Just for grins, I shared a folder on VistaPrintServer1. And I was able to successfully map a drive to that folder on VistaPrintClient1.

Just for more grins, I turned on the Guest account on VistaPrintServer1.

I checked in the Network Sharing Center. The following are all turned on: Network Discovery (On); File Sharing (On); Public Folder Sharing (On, Read Only, Password Required); Printer Sharing (On; password required); Password Protected Sharing (On); Media Sharing is Off.

I double-checked: All machines are in the Workgroup workgroup.

03.03.2008 at 01:37PM PST, ID: 21035928

dwightbaer04:

For clarification: The settings listed above for the Network Sharing Center are the same for both VistaPrintServer1 and VistaPrintClient1.

03.03.2008 at 01:53PM PST, ID: 21036102

dwightbaer04:

Starting to get desperate now. I physically moved the printer to VistaPrintClient1`s desk. I used the AutoRun on the printer CD (it`s an HP LaserJet 1022) to install the drivers. Everything seemed to be fine until the very end of the process, when it said: Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000015). The device is not ready.

03.03.2008 at 01:59PM PST, ID: 21036159

dwightbaer04:

Now I`m downloading the latest Windows Vista drivers for the LaserJet 1022 from the HP site.

03.03.2008 at 02:33PM PST, ID: 21036437

dwightbaer04:

OK, I figured it out.
After I installed the printer using the latest Windows Vista driver from HP, I can now share it out.
Funny how with the older drivers the printer worked fine when accessed locally, but produced all kinds of weird errors when accessed across the network.
Thanks for your help, tboy6423! I`ll give you all the points even though I solved this myself. Who knows when you`ll see my name come up again!

tboy6423

03.04.2008 at 05:19AM PST, ID: 21040624

I am glad you figured it out! Have a great week!

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