No Printers - Windows XP Pro.

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Dan Baker

I have about 3 computers that I cannot add any printers.
Even when I am in as the administrator, and click on the
add printers, nothing happens. When the operating system
was first installed, we were able to add, and while you
can see the printers that have been added in various
applications on the unit, you cannot see them in the
printer & faxes option off the start button. I would
appreciate any help someone could give me in this matter.

Thanks,

Dan Baker
 
-----Original Message-----
I have about 3 computers that I cannot add any printers.
Even when I am in as the administrator, and click on the
add printers, nothing happens. When the operating system
was first installed, we were able to add, and while you
can see the printers that have been added in various
applications on the unit, you cannot see them in the
printer & faxes option off the start button. I would
appreciate any help someone could give me in this matter.

Thanks,

Dan Baker
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I'm having a similar problem. I had to replace my hard
drive and when I installed XP, I could not add printers. I
had no problem with this on my old hard drive but it died.
Anyway, now, when I try to add a printer it tells me that
the spooling service is not started. When I start it
manually, it tells me that a dependency service is not
started. I can't find a dependency service! Tried to get
this fixed through Dell support, and they could not help.
If anyone has any ideas, PLEASE pass them along.
Thanks
 
The spooler is dependent on the RPC service. I think Lexmark throws
something in there if you have one of their printers but I am not sure.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158042
Operation Could Not Be Completed, When Using Add Printer Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324757
"Spooler Subsystem Application Needs to Close" and "Operation Could Not Be
Completed" Error Messages

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Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
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