re: Spooler problem Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 10:13 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by TJ (3 messages posted) Thank you VERY much. I was on XP and had the Lexmark X63 (USB). Your Solution worked great! On Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 5:08 pm, Geoff Crossland wrote: > 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 (Geoff Crossland: Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 5:08 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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