Hi, Cari. Sorry I could not respond sooner. The site had an issue regarding
logging-in. the steps worked great. Could not get into the server properties
and delete the drivers there; however, deleting from the registry worked!
thanks much.
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Thanks,
D-man


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> You have a corrupted printer driver in there somewhere..... try blitzing
> them as per Bruce Sanderson's site at:
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
>
> Should you get a 1068 Service or Dependency error, see steps 15 through 17
> at the bottom of that page.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1BC85DBB-7396-4031-A524-EDC2B9FB73C2@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, Cari, thanks for your reply. When running that command, we get "The
> > request service has already been started." I've attempted several times to
> > re-start it under adminitrative tools/services.
> >
> > Keep me posted if there is fix to this. Thanks much.
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > D-man
> >
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> What is the exact message returned when you start it with the command
> >> prompt?
> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
> >>
> >> "D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3BDA2CF5-2996-44AE-95B3-8DC751DDF768@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi, Folks - Unable to print anything. PRinter Spooler service does not
> >> > respond. I've restarted the print spooler service in administrative
> >> > tools
> >> > several times, bit it will not allow me to print anything or to view
> >> > propertiies, add a printer, nothing.
> >> >
> >> > "Server Properties cannot be viewed. The local print spooler service is
> >> > not
> >> > running. Please restart the spooler or restart the machine."
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > D-man
> >>
> >>
>
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