printer spooler problem

[suenbob2]

i,m getting this message on my computer "operation could not be completed. the printer spooler service is not running.
i'm running XP my printers just all of a sudden stopped working as i got this i tried deleting drivers an redownloading but no luck.
i did look in device manager but nothing looks wrong to me
any help would be appreciated

[glc]

Have you tried going into Services and starting the service?

[suenbob2]

no i did not actually not sure how to get there!

[glc]

Start - run - services.msc

[suenbob2]

i tried to start it in services an got this error
could not start the printer service on local computer
error 1075: the dipendency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.

[glc]

Fix Error 1075 while starting Print Spooler service

Another option to try would be a system restore to a date/time when it was still working.

[suenbob2]

unfortunatly no luck i did try restore but for some reason it won't i did try before to reformat an no luck there problem stayed in cmd it did say that my other printer with discrepencies i believe was the lexmark. any other ideas?

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by suenbob2 unfortunatly no luck i did try restore but for some reason it won't i did try before to reformat an no luck there problem stayed in cmd it did say that my other printer with discrepencies i believe was the lexmark. any other ideas?

Did you try the application in the link provided by glc?

Using "regedit", search through the registry for all occurences of "spooler". Paging through the many occurrences of "Spooler" that occur in the registry, you may find some that have "depends on" entries for a de-installed Lexmark service, something like "LexBCeS". Editing these entries to remove the dependency. Reboot, see if the spooler restarts.

[glc]

Did you even click my link?

[suenbob2]

Yes I did try your link I'll try the other when I get home mon an again thank you for your help