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More info?)
Hope it works for you, good luck and happy putering. :~)
--
Some days you're the windshield,
some days you're the bug.
"Ramsey" wrote:
> After reinstalling the OS and installing the programs one-by-one it turned
> out it was a known issue with the client installation of a program called
> PC-Duo which I use on my network for remote control of client pc's etc. They
> have offered a workaround/fix.
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions
>
> "Ramsey" wrote:
>
> > Hi Bruce
> >
> > I have tried all of this and cleaned out the spool etc and edited the
> > registry so there are no print drivers anywhere but still the service stops
> > itself. It does not even come on on startup (even though it is set to
> > automatic). I can start it - but it stops itself!
> >
> > It has very few programs on it but I am not sure if maybe one of them is
> > causing the problem - for info it has: Office 97 pro, Outlook 2003, Sage Line
> > 50, Acrobat 7.0, Winzip, and a USB modem. That's all!
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Ramsey
> > "Byte" wrote:
> >
> > > This is usually caused by a "bad" printer driver. See (URL) steps 6 and 7
> > >
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
> > >
> > > You might want to try removing one driver entry, then starting the spooler
> > > again (steps 8 and 9). Repeat until the spooler stays running.
> > >
> > > If you recently added or updated a printer driver, that may be a good one to
> > > start with.
> > > --
> > > Courtesy of:
> > > Bruce Sanderson MVP
> > >
> > > --
> > > Some days you're the windshield,
> > > some days you're the bug.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ramsey" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a new Dell SX280 on XP SP2 running on a domain
> > > >
> > > > When I went to install the network printers it gave me an error saying the
> > > > Print Spooler service is not running. I went to Service and restarted it but
> > > > it just keeps stopping itself.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > Ramsey
> > > > ramsey(removeme)@englandnetball.co.uk