Windows 2000 - Problem with printers Disappearing

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Hi
On a windows2000 desktop PC every so often it loses it's list of
printers. If you then try and install the printer again sometimes it
will say "not possible - out of resouces". However if you do a
straight re-boot the list of installed printers (both local &
network) come back.

Can anyone offer any advice how to solve this please?
Thanks in advance
 
Hi Hogan

If your printers are dissapearing, it is probably becasue your print spooler
has gone down. Next time thet dissapear, go into start>settings>control
panel>Administrative tools>services>print spooler. (will have to scroll odwn
the list a bit. If you right click on this icon, you see an option "start"
(becasue the print spooler has stopped) click that and see if your printers
come back ( this procedure is done during a restart automatically and would
explain why they come back after a re-boot.)

This however is only the quick temporary solution to the problem, also
within "administrative tools" have a look under "event log" and see if you
can find anything realted to why your print spooler might have stopped ( look
around the times when the printers dissapeared). Then you will have to work
at that problem.

Hope this all helps.

Jonathan
 
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