Sorry in advance if this is the wrong category, i just figured tom's would be the best place to come for help with my issue.
OK, so to start off this post, let's talk about my problem with the print spooler: Whenever i would start it in services.msc, it would turn itself off within about 4-5 seconds. I tried using the Microsoft fix-it executable, but it just did the same thing; started the print spooler service, and within 4 to 5 seconds it would shut itself off. So, after some excessive googling, i tried this:
1. i opened up services.msc
2. i double clicked the Print Spooler item from the menu
3. i went to the recovery tab
4. i set the top 3 drop-down menus to Restart the Service and set the "Restart service after: xx minutes' to 0
in doing this, i hoped that whenever the print spooler service failed it would instantly start up again, thus fixing the problem.
I can now print okay consistently in notepad and MS Word, but not Adobe Reader - I'll talk about Reader later.
So, is this a valid fix or is there something else i could try that would fix my problem with the print spooler service better?
Now, my issues with Adobe Reader:
i'm trying to print a 260 page PDF double sided. So, i open the .pdf, and click the print button. I click the 'Properties' button, and get this error when i click the 'Finishing' tab:
Function address 0x2802c37 caused a protection fault. (exception code 0xc0000005)
The application property sheet page(s) may not function properly.
If i hit the OK button, it continues along seemingly unharmed. So i check the "print on both sides (manually)" check box, and press the OK button. I click the OK button to print after a moment of lag, and get an error window saying "The document could not be printed." after pressing OK, it gives me another error window: "there were no pages selected to print."
After this, i have tried clicking the print button again. I get a window that says
"Before you can perform printer-related tasks such as page setup or printing a document, you need to install a new printer. Do you want to install a printer now? If i select yes, i get to run through the "add printer dialog" which is pretty much useless so i hit cancel, and "adobe reader 9.3 has stopped working"
If i run through the same steps again except press no at the 'Do you want to install a printer now?' window, it instantly crashes.
any ideas on how to fix this?
OK, so to start off this post, let's talk about my problem with the print spooler: Whenever i would start it in services.msc, it would turn itself off within about 4-5 seconds. I tried using the Microsoft fix-it executable, but it just did the same thing; started the print spooler service, and within 4 to 5 seconds it would shut itself off. So, after some excessive googling, i tried this:
1. i opened up services.msc
2. i double clicked the Print Spooler item from the menu
3. i went to the recovery tab
4. i set the top 3 drop-down menus to Restart the Service and set the "Restart service after: xx minutes' to 0
in doing this, i hoped that whenever the print spooler service failed it would instantly start up again, thus fixing the problem.
I can now print okay consistently in notepad and MS Word, but not Adobe Reader - I'll talk about Reader later.
So, is this a valid fix or is there something else i could try that would fix my problem with the print spooler service better?
Now, my issues with Adobe Reader:
i'm trying to print a 260 page PDF double sided. So, i open the .pdf, and click the print button. I click the 'Properties' button, and get this error when i click the 'Finishing' tab:
Function address 0x2802c37 caused a protection fault. (exception code 0xc0000005)
The application property sheet page(s) may not function properly.
If i hit the OK button, it continues along seemingly unharmed. So i check the "print on both sides (manually)" check box, and press the OK button. I click the OK button to print after a moment of lag, and get an error window saying "The document could not be printed." after pressing OK, it gives me another error window: "there were no pages selected to print."
After this, i have tried clicking the print button again. I get a window that says
"Before you can perform printer-related tasks such as page setup or printing a document, you need to install a new printer. Do you want to install a printer now? If i select yes, i get to run through the "add printer dialog" which is pretty much useless so i hit cancel, and "adobe reader 9.3 has stopped working"
If i run through the same steps again except press no at the 'Do you want to install a printer now?' window, it instantly crashes.
any ideas on how to fix this?
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