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Try to clear the:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-37748176-1">%windir%\System32\spool\PRINTERS</code></pre>
folder (if it contains anything) and restart it again. Should help.<br />
I've come across some HP drivers that do not like some PDFs (dunno why - some of those files were non-OCRed scans, other were normal converts).
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Try to clear the:


%windir%\System32\spool\PRINTERS

folder (if it contains anything) and restart it again. Should help.
I've come across some HP drivers that do not like some PDFs (dunno why - some of those files were non-OCRed scans, other were normal converts).

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Marek,<br />
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There is nothing in that folder. &nbsp;I have to do a CHKDSK on this computer yesterday and I suspect that after that is when this problem began.
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Marek,

There is nothing in that folder.  I have to do a CHKDSK on this computer yesterday and I suspect that after that is when this problem began.

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I actually did a registry hack and got rid of a whole bunch of stuff. &nbsp;It still didn't start. &nbsp;What event viewer log should I look at?
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I actually did a registry hack and got rid of a whole bunch of stuff.  It still didn't start.  What event viewer log should I look at?

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I am attaching the system log. &nbsp;It seems very interesting.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/03_w12/561856/system.txt" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="System Log (13.5 MB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>system.txt</a>
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I am attaching the system log.  It seems very interesting.
system.txt [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/03_w12/561856/system.txt]

system.txt

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Greetings.<br />
<br />
I have a server that serves as my print spooler and when I came in this morning I discovered all the printers were gone from the folder and the print spooler service is not running. &nbsp;I can get it to start but it stops soon after starting. &nbsp;I have no idea where to start to get this work again.
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Greetings.

I have a server that serves as my print spooler and when I came in this morning I discovered all the printers were gone from the folder and the print spooler service is not running.  I can get it to start but it stops soon after starting.  I have no idea where to start to get this work again.

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