re: Printer Drivers Disappearing Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 5:16 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ann (4 messages posted) Sorry for leaving out the details. My student, who uses this computer, failed to give them. The operating system is Windows 2000 and there are/were two networked printers and a local scanner whose drivers "disappear." Ann On Monday, January 24, 2005 at 3:56 pm, Marc wrote: >I'm not sure whats causing it, but: "Printer operation cannot continue due to lack >of resources. The print system is unavailable." <-- sounds like the spool service >has stopped running, which would cause the printers to "disappear". > >You can restart the spooler service by right clicking 'My Computer' --> Manage --> >Services and Applications --> services' finding the 'Print Spooler' service, right >click it, and choose 'Restart' > >I'm at a loss to say why its stopping, but you need to at least get the most recent >drivers for the printer before continuing. > >Is it a local printer or a network one? > >Marc. > Written in response to: re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Marc: Monday, January 24, 2005 at 3:56 pm) Responses to this message: re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Marc: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 4:29 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Printer Drivers Disappearing (Ann: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 7:45 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (DEX: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 8:29 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Marc: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 3:56 pm) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (DEX: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 4:29 pm) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Ann: Tue, Jan 25, 2005, 5:16 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Marc: Tue, Jan 25, 2005, 4:29 pm) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Ann: Tue, Jan 25, 2005, 6:03 pm) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Crash Override: Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 8:39 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (DaveW: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 12:59 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Crash Override: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 5:19 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Ann: Mon, Feb 14, 2005, 8:31 am) re: Printer Drivers Disappearing (Thet Khine: Mon, Feb 7, 2005, 3:49 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum