re: Spooler problem Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 5:08 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Geoff Crossland (1 messages posted) The problem is that the Lexmark driver's service sets the standard Windows NT Spooler service to be dependant upon it. This way, whenever NT starts Spooler, it first must start up the Lexmark stuff (service dependancies are used to make sure any other service a service needs is running in time); when the Lexmark stuff is gone, Spooler refuses to start itself. Removing the dependancy fixes the Spooler problem; I had to reinstall my other printer drivers before I could use them again, though. WARNING: I've used this only to let Spooler restart and, hence, to be able to print at all again; if you later reinstall the Lexmark drivers, I'd guess that they'll work, but I haven't tried. OTHER WARNING: I've used this under NT 4 only; if you're using a later version, your mileage may vary (the XP machine of the friend with the Lexmark drivers does seem to have the right bits in the right places, though). Short Version: delete [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler\DependOnGroup] and [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler\DependOnService]. Longer Version: Run regedit: from the Start Menu, select the Run option and supply the name regedit (and click OK). (Using the tree view on the left) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler. If you click on the 'Spooler' folder label (or on the small folder icon to the left of it) in the tree, the right hand display will show the information stored for the Spooler service. There should be keys with names DependOnGroup and DependOnService. Delete them: right click on the names and select the Delete option (and confirm that you do want to delete the key). Restart your machine and Spooler should be able to start again. Good luck! Written in response to: re: Spooler problem (Mondo: Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 2:36 pm) Responses to this message: re: Spooler problem (Nicole Hammond: Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 5:14 am) re: Spooler problem (Sandie: Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 4:39 pm) re: Spooler problem (Purple: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 10:02 am) How to remove LexBCE server from the services.msc? (Mike Stepansky: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 11:52 pm) re: Spooler problem (Sniffy: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at 6:49 am) re: Spooler problem (Mike Spano: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at 1:25 pm) re: Spooler problem (TJ: Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 10:13 pm) re: Spooler problem (ron goss: Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 5:41 am) re: Spooler problem (Adrian: Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 12:54 am) re: Spooler problem (patatina: Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 9:45 pm) re: Spooler problem (William: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 9:21 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Spooler problem (Ric: Tue, Aug 6, 2002, 2:54 am) re: Spooler problem (VERITY: Tue, Aug 6, 2002, 3:17 am) re: Spooler problem (Ric: Tue, Aug 6, 2002, 3:55 am) re: Spooler problem (remme: Mon, Sep 30, 2002, 3:49 pm) re: Spooler problem (Jeremy: Sun, Oct 6, 2002, 6:12 pm) re: Spooler problem (Michael: Fri, Jan 24, 2003, 7:57 am) re: Spooler problem (Jerry: Mon, Jun 2, 2003, 5:15 pm) re: Spooler problem (Mondo: Wed, Jul 2, 2003, 2:36 pm) re: Spooler problem (Geoff Crossland: Wed, Jul 2, 2003, 5:08 pm) re: Spooler problem (Nicole Hammond: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 5:14 am) re: Spooler problem (Sandie: Sun, Sep 7, 2003, 4:39 pm) re: Spooler problem (Purple: Tue, Sep 16, 2003, 10:02 am) How to remove LexBCE server from the services.msc? (Mike Stepansky: Wed, Sep 17, 2003, 11:52 pm) re: How to remove LexBCE server from the services.msc? (LostDude: Fri, Nov 16, 2007, 5:34 pm) re: Spooler problem (Sniffy: Wed, Oct 15, 2003, 6:49 am) re: Spooler problem (Mike Spano: Tue, Feb 17, 2004, 1:25 pm) re: Spooler problem (kirstyarnold: Fri, Nov 30, 2007, 8:40 am) re: Spooler problem (TJ: Thu, May 6, 2004, 10:13 pm) re: Spooler problem (ron goss: Sat, Jun 19, 2004, 5:41 am) re: Spooler problem (Adrian: Sun, Aug 22, 2004, 12:54 am) re: Spooler problem (Rich: Fri, Sep 10, 2004, 6:52 am) Woo Hoo! re: Spooler problem (wendelgee2: Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 8:08 pm) re: Spooler problem (patatina: Sat, Dec 4, 2004, 9:45 pm) re: Spooler problem (William: Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 9:21 am) re: Spooler problem (Howard: Sun, Jan 2, 2005, 1:47 pm) re: Spooler SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING (Ricky Henson: Wed, May 18, 2005, 7:33 pm) re: Spooler problem (Ingeborg Kolind: Thu, Jan 15, 2004, 7:56 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 XP Discussion Forum