spooler service stopped??

jank

how do i start the spooler service again in XP

i cleaned out my system a few days ago and took my printers info with it cant reinstall it cause the spooler service is stopped

so what gives??

irishgeo

start >run services.msc

look for print spooler and restart it and set it to manual.

Capt'n Midnight

Make a shortcut to CMD (command prompt)
Net start spooler
you can also make a shortcut to the net line or put it in a batch file.

Creamy Goodness

i set the spooler to manual so it doesn't start up every boot and it only turns on when it needs to be on which is kinda cool

jank

ok doing that but getting an error

"error 1068 the dependency service or group failed to start"

i havent a clue waht i did to make this go wrong!

Creamy Goodness

if your getting an error just set it to automatic and then restart

jank

it is a automatic already

Ronan|Raven

Originally posted by jank
ok doing that but getting an error

"error 1068 the dependency service or group failed to start"

When you load up srvices.msc again rightclick on the spooler service and gto its properties and in there is a dependencies tab it will tell you in there what other services it needs to run correctly.

jank

cheers fixed the problem!!!!