Print Spooler Service not staying on!

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jakedeg

Hello All,

I know this has been discussed before, but I have read every posting
and still cannot solve the problem.

Although the Print Spooler Service is set to turn on automatically,
when I startup, it is not on. I can start it manually thought the
management console, but when I execute the Add a Printer wizard, the
service turns back off and I get an error message:

"The operation could not be completed. The print spooler service is not
running.

RPC is running an I have removed all printer drivers as well as I could
in the registry.
I have re-expanded spoolsv.exe and spoolss.dll from the XP Installation
Disc.

I have also run the cleanspl.exe and it says it has successfully
cleaned the spooler, but I still receive the same error when I try to
Add a Printer and the service turns itself off again.

I'm not sure what else to do here. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Jake
 
Corrupted printer drivers are usually the problem. What printer(s) are you
trying to intall?
 
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