Re: Printer Spooler Service Stopped working Error 1068

Hi
I have Vista Home Pre.. can can't get the printer to work, the spooler is
not running as per below any suggestion for Vista
Cheers

Ger

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Aha, a Lexmark or a Dell (which is a rebadged Lexmark)... follow steps 15
> through 17 at Bruce's website at
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
>
> "johns_2008" <johns_2008@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1ED111C4-A2BD-47AC-8F62-733A1FD4F346@microsoft.com...
> >I have Windows XP and one day i went to print and it told me that the
> >Printer
> > Spooler Service has been turned off so i tried and re installing my
> > printer
> > and half way threw it stoped and told me that the spooler service is off
> > and
> > do i want to turn it on. i click yes and then i try and reinstalling it
> > and
> > nope still not working. i went into services and clicked start on the
> > Printer
> > Spooler and it comes up with an error message stating Could not start the
> > Printer Spooler service on Local Computer Error: 1068 The dependency
> > service
> > or group failed to start. can anyone help me? please im desperate at this
> > point.
> > --
> > John Stanley
>
>
>

Should be the same process.... remove the dependency.

There is a separate newsgroup for printing & fax issues with Vista.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/Windows


"ger" <ger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F286A87F-B25B-4774-8E0E-8D00B980F421@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have Vista Home Pre.. can can't get the printer to work, the spooler is
> not running as per below any suggestion for Vista
> Cheers
>
> Ger
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Aha, a Lexmark or a Dell (which is a rebadged Lexmark)... follow steps 15
>> through 17 at Bruce's website at
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>>
>>
>> "johns_2008" <johns_2008@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1ED111C4-A2BD-47AC-8F62-733A1FD4F346@microsoft.com...
>> >I have Windows XP and one day i went to print and it told me that the
>> >Printer
>> > Spooler Service has been turned off so i tried and re installing my
>> > printer
>> > and half way threw it stoped and told me that the spooler service is
>> > off
>> > and
>> > do i want to turn it on. i click yes and then i try and reinstalling it
>> > and
>> > nope still not working. i went into services and clicked start on the
>> > Printer
>> > Spooler and it comes up with an error message stating Could not start
>> > the
>> > Printer Spooler service on Local Computer Error: 1068 The dependency
>> > service
>> > or group failed to start. can anyone help me? please im desperate at
>> > this
>> > point.
>> > --
>> > John Stanley
>>
>>
>>