printer spooler!!

hi i have no idea what is happening to my computer. i just took it to
a shop and paid alot of money to have it fixed and when i finally got
it back i tried to hook up my printer to it didn't work.I bought a new
printer and when i went to install it i got an error message.
(operation could not be completed. printer spooler is not running) so
i got some advice and went in to try and turn it on, it gave me a new
error. (error 3 the system cannot find the path specified) if someone
could please help me find my path i would be greatly
appriciative.......i have not been able to print anything for about 7
months.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:45 -0700 (PDT), jbergbigler@aol.com wrote:

> hi i have no idea what is happening to my computer. i just took it to
> a shop and paid alot of money to have it fixed and when i finally got
> it back i tried to hook up my printer to it didn't work.I bought a new
> printer and when i went to install it i got an error message.
> (operation could not be completed. printer spooler is not running) so
> i got some advice and went in to try and turn it on, it gave me a new
> error. (error 3 the system cannot find the path specified) if someone
> could please help me find my path i would be greatly
> appriciative.......i have not been able to print anything for about 7
> months.

Click Start, point to Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, click
on Services.
In Services (Local) panel scroll down to Print Spooler. Right-click Print
Spooler, click Properties, in Startup type drop-down menu select Automatic
and click the Start button under Service status. Click OK and you're done.

You also may have to re-install your printer.

On Aug 19, 2:30�am, Kayman <kaymanDeleteT...@operamail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:45 -0700 (PDT), jbergbig...@aol.com wrote:
> > hi i have no idea what is happening to my computer. i just took it to
> > a shop and paid alot of money to have it fixed and when i finally got
> > it back i tried to hook up my printer to it didn't work.I bought a new
> > printer and when i went to install it i got an error message.
> > (operation could not be completed. printer spooler is not running) so
> > i got some advice and went in to try and turn it on, it gave me a new
> > error. (error 3 the system cannot find the path specified) if someone
> > could please help me find my path i would be greatly
> > appriciative.......i have not been able to print anything for about 7
> > months.
>
> Click Start, point to Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, click
> on Services.
> In Services (Local) panel scroll down to Print Spooler. Right-click Print
> Spooler, click Properties, in Startup type drop-down menu select Automatic
> and click the Start button under Service status. Click OK and you're done..
>
> You also may have to re-install your printer.

i got the same error 3 message the system cannot find the path
speified. and the path to executable is empty. do you have any
suggestions?

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:46:58 -0700 (PDT), jbergbigler@aol.com wrote:

> On Aug 19, 2:30�am, Kayman <kaymanDeleteT...@operamail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:45 -0700 (PDT), jbergbig...@aol.com wrote:
>>> hi i have no idea what is happening to my computer. i just took it to
>>> a shop and paid alot of money to have it fixed and when i finally got
>>> it back i tried to hook up my printer to it didn't work.I bought a new
>>> printer and when i went to install it i got an error message.
>>> (operation could not be completed. printer spooler is not running) so
>>> i got some advice and went in to try and turn it on, it gave me a new
>>> error. (error 3 the system cannot find the path specified) if someone
>>> could please help me find my path i would be greatly
>>> appriciative.......i have not been able to print anything for about 7
>>> months.
>>
>> Click Start, point to Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, click
>> on Services.
>> In Services (Local) panel scroll down to Print Spooler. Right-click Print
>> Spooler, click Properties, in Startup type drop-down menu select Automatic
>> and click the Start button under Service status. Click OK and you're done.
>>
>> You also may have to re-install your printer.
>
> i got the same error 3 message the system cannot find the path
> speified. and the path to executable is empty. do you have any
> suggestions?

All I can suggest is to remove (uninstall) the printer *completely* from
your pc one more time and *reboot*.
You may wish to use:
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
After ensuring the Print Spooler Service is set to Automatic, re-install
the printer.
And read thru:
Error 3 When Creating a File Share on a Cluster with the Application
Wizard.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290987

If all fails go back to the computer shop.

Good luck :)