[Hogan]

Hi
On a windows2000 desktop PC every so often it loses it's list of
printers. If you then try and install the printer again sometimes it
will say "not possible - out of resouces". However if you do a
straight re-boot the list of installed printers (both local &
network) come back.

Can anyone offer any advice how to solve this please?
Thanks in advance

[jd74mx]

Hi Hogan

If your printers are dissapearing, it is probably becasue your print spooler
has gone down. Next time thet dissapear, go into start>settings>control
panel>Administrative tools>services>print spooler. (will have to scroll odwn
the list a bit. If you right click on this icon, you see an option "start"
(becasue the print spooler has stopped) click that and see if your printers
come back ( this procedure is done during a restart automatically and would
explain why they come back after a re-boot.)

This however is only the quick temporary solution to the problem, also
within "administrative tools" have a look under "event log" and see if you
can find anything realted to why your print spooler might have stopped ( look
around the times when the printers dissapeared). Then you will have to work
at that problem.

Hope this all helps.

Jonathan