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Open services.msc and see whether the service &quot;&nbsp;print spooler&quot; is running, if not, start it and see if you can print. If not, reopen services.msc and recheck and report if it was still running or not.
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Open services.msc and see whether the service " print spooler" is running, if not, start it and see if you can print. If not, reopen services.msc and recheck and report if it was still running or not.

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It is running. &nbsp;When I opened it again it was still running. &nbsp;This did not help when I tried to print.
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It is running.  When I opened it again it was still running.  This did not help when I tried to print.

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OK, more tests: win10 comes with a virtual printer preinstalled: &quot;microsoft print to PDF&quot;. Does that one work?
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OK, more tests: win10 comes with a virtual printer preinstalled: "microsoft print to PDF". Does that one work?

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I was able to print to microsoft print to pdf
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I was able to print to microsoft print to pdf

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Upgraded my surface from windows 8.1 to 10 and now I can't install any printers. &nbsp;I have plugged in (USB) 2 brand new printers and downloaded the drivers for 10 and they never end up working. &nbsp;They say error when I try to print. &nbsp;Any ideas on what to check?
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Upgraded my surface from windows 8.1 to 10 and now I can't install any printers.  I have plugged in (USB) 2 brand new printers and downloaded the drivers for 10 and they never end up working.  They say error when I try to print.  Any ideas on what to check?

windows 10

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.