Printer Removal in Vista? Help

I tried to print something in Vista but it wouldn't print. Now it shows a
pending print job that won't cancel or delete. I've tried to cancel all jobs,
delete the job, delete the entire printer. Nothing works. Any advice. It's
Vista Home Ultimate.
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novice

Did you try deleting the document after stopping the print spooler?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"novice" <novice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AD361AFB-E771-43B0-A46E-43EE900699A9@microsoft.com...
>I tried to print something in Vista but it wouldn't print. Now it shows a
> pending print job that won't cancel or delete. I've tried to cancel all
> jobs,
> delete the job, delete the entire printer. Nothing works. Any advice. It's
> Vista Home Ultimate.
> --
> novice

Not sure. What does "stopping the print spooler" mean?
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novice


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Did you try deleting the document after stopping the print spooler?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "novice" <novice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AD361AFB-E771-43B0-A46E-43EE900699A9@microsoft.com...
> >I tried to print something in Vista but it wouldn't print. Now it shows a
> > pending print job that won't cancel or delete. I've tried to cancel all
> > jobs,
> > delete the job, delete the entire printer. Nothing works. Any advice. It's
> > Vista Home Ultimate.
> > --
> > novice
>
>

"novice" <novice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure. What does "stopping the print spooler" mean?

Open an elevated command window (right click on cmd.exe and "Run as
Administrator"), then type:

net stop spooler

to restart the spooler:

net start spooler

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging