Hi! Have two networked printers with the other computer sharing my printer. The other computer stopped printing to mine because 'printer spooler not running' so I have deleted the printer and the drivers. Now when i try to add the printer I don't think it is seeing it. The printer on the main computer is still printing ok and sharing is ticked! Any ideas anyone? please?
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If the spooler service is still not running you will not be able to add a network printer.
You need to resolve the spooler failure.
1. Start, Run, key regedit, press Enter
2. navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers
3. in each of the Version-2 and Version-3 keys, delete the keys for the "bad" printer(s)
4. open a Command Prompt Window
5. issue the commands
net stop spooler (may give an error message if the spooler is not running - just ignore it)
net start spooler
You need to resolve the spooler failure.
1. Start, Run, key regedit, press Enter
2. navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers
3. in each of the Version-2 and Version-3 keys, delete the keys for the "bad" printer(s)
4. open a Command Prompt Window
5. issue the commands
net stop spooler (may give an error message if the spooler is not running - just ignore it)
net start spooler
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Do them all then. See:
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