[oldsquid]

I just did this and my (well, one of them) is working now. Thank You. I
installed SP2 some time back and no trouble until today. It also kept saying
"RPC server unavailable". Will try the other printer when I reboot.
Thank You again,
oldsquid


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Did you try actually starting the print spooler.... from the Command Prompt,
> type
>
> net start spooler
>
> (and hit enter)
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> www.coribright.com
>
> "John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:00a001c4aa41$5be09ea0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > Having downloaded Windows XP SP2 for XP Home Edition I can
> > no longer print. I am getting an error message that
> > says "the print spooler service is not working."
> > Everything was fine before the download and installation.
> > At bootup now the scrolling blocks are blue not green and
> > they spool for about 20 times, before it was about 3 or 4
> > times, does this indicate any problems.
>
>
>

[Tom Ferguson]

If no joy, try starting the RPC service first and then the spooler
service.

From the command prompt (cmd)
net start RPCSS
net start spooler

Press enter after each line. If the RPC service is already started, you
will get a return message.

Let us know.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


"oldsquid" <oldsquid @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D7037CA-7F43-42BB-BBA9-2BC57C9555B1@microsoft.com...
:I just did this and my (well, one of them) is working now. Thank You.
I
: installed SP2 some time back and no trouble until today. It also kept
saying
: "RPC server unavailable". Will try the other printer when I reboot.
: Thank You again,
: oldsquid
:
:
: "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
:
: > Did you try actually starting the print spooler.... from the Command
Prompt,
: > type
: >
: > net start spooler
: >
: > (and hit enter)
: > --
: > Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
: > www.coribright.com
: >
: > "John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:00a001c4aa41$5be09ea0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
: > > Having downloaded Windows XP SP2 for XP Home Edition I can
: > > no longer print. I am getting an error message that
: > > says "the print spooler service is not working."
: > > Everything was fine before the download and installation.
: > > At bootup now the scrolling blocks are blue not green and
: > > they spool for about 20 times, before it was about 3 or 4
: > > times, does this indicate any problems.
: >
: >
: >