Guest G2lenn Posted July 3, 2008 Posted July 3, 2008 I have 3 machines on a network, 2 XP and 1 Vista. XP sp3 was installed on the 2 machines both machines printed no problem before sp3, now only one will print to my Brother HL 2040 connected to the Vista machine (Vista machine still prints). Nothing else has been changed except the addition of sp3. I've checked the usual firewall settings and printer settings. All of my other shared files are still accessible. If I try to add a printer I receive the message "print spooler is not running". Any ideas?
Guest Miles Posted July 3, 2008 Posted July 3, 2008 RE: printer problem after sp3 Start > Run, type "services.msc" Find the Print Spooler service and make sure it's running. If not, right click and say "start." Give that a try... "G2lenn" wrote: > I have 3 machines on a network, 2 XP and 1 Vista. > > XP sp3 was installed on the 2 machines both machines printed no problem > before sp3, now only one will print to my Brother HL 2040 connected to the > Vista machine (Vista machine still prints). Nothing else has been changed > except the addition of sp3. I've checked the usual firewall settings and > printer > settings. All of my other shared files are still accessible. > > If I try to add a printer I receive the message "print spooler is not > running". > > Any ideas? >
Guest G2lenn Posted July 3, 2008 Posted July 3, 2008 Re: printer problem after sp3 Thanks, I figured out that somehow my print spooler has disappeared, nothing to do with the sp3 upgrade I'm sure. I guess I'll have to run the xp repair console. I only print from this machine on rare occasions anyway. "Miles" <Miles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:488DB1DE-C966-4EBC-BC74-A06023BD0BA0@microsoft.com... > Start > Run, type "services.msc" > > Find the Print Spooler service and make sure it's running. If not, right > click and say "start." > > Give that a try... > > > "G2lenn" wrote: > >> I have 3 machines on a network, 2 XP and 1 Vista. >> >> XP sp3 was installed on the 2 machines both machines printed no problem >> before sp3, now only one will print to my Brother HL 2040 connected to >> the >> Vista machine (Vista machine still prints). Nothing else has been changed >> except the addition of sp3. I've checked the usual firewall settings and >> printer >> settings. All of my other shared files are still accessible. >> >> If I try to add a printer I receive the message "print spooler is not >> running". >> >> Any ideas? >>
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