Print Spooler problem

Hi, doubt this will get checked, but just in case - I have a similar problem,
but tried your fix and still no success.
Have un-installed all lexmark software, so currently have no printers
installed.
When I try to install a printer, if the printer spooler service is running
it tells me "Operation could not be completed" (informative, huh?)
If I try again it then says "Operation could not be completed. The print
spooler service is not running).

Through some investigation using the Computer Management tool's Services
snap-in (which I am informed is the same as services.msc), I have found that
when the print spooler has been started, and I attempt to install a printer,
I get "Operation could not be completed" and the service appears to stop
itself. However, nothing appears in any of the three logs shown in the Event
Viewer to indicate what has happened or why.

Any assistance you could give me would be greatly welcome.



> Hi cpeavey,
>
> When Lexmark printer software is installed, oftentimes it installs a service
> (I believe it's called LEXBCS) upon which the Print Spooler service becomes
> dependent instead of being dependent on the Remote Procedure Call service
> (RPCSS). Unfortunately, when you uninstall the printer software the service
> dependency does not revert back to RPCSS.
>
> To change the dependency back to RPCSS, open a command prompt window and key
> in the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command (it may take a
> few second for each command to be successfully processed):
>
> net stop spooler
> sc config spooler depend= RPCSS
> net start spooler
> exit
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "cpeavey" <cpeavey RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:398D968C-C42F-433E-9B60-8A66DA718048@microsoft.com...
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I was at my wife's office the other day and I had to print some documents
> > and she has a Lexmark all-in-one so I loaded her Lexmark software to do
> > the
> > printing. I printed the documents successfully and then removed the
> > Lexmark
> > software using the control panel. Evidently I did not unlad everything
> > because Lexmark files would load on start-up. I finally identified the
> > files
> > that were still on my computer and removed them manually and now my print
> > spooler is disabled. Could someone please tell me how to enable the print
> > spooler. I'm runing XP Pro and everything is up-to-date.
>
>
>

Hi, doubt this will get checked, but just in case - I have a similar problem,
but tried your fix and still no success.
Have un-installed all lexmark software, so currently have no printers
installed.
When I try to install a printer, if the printer spooler service is running
it tells me "Operation could not be completed" (informative, huh?)
If I try again it then says "Operation could not be completed. The print
spooler service is not running).

Through some investigation using the Computer Management tool's Services
snap-in (which I am informed is the same as services.msc), I have found that
when the print spooler has been started, and I attempt to install a printer,
I get "Operation could not be completed" and the service appears to stop
itself. However, nothing appears in any of the three logs shown in the Event
Viewer to indicate what has happened or why.

Any assistance you could give me would be greatly welcome.



> Hi cpeavey,
>
> When Lexmark printer software is installed, oftentimes it installs a service
> (I believe it's called LEXBCS) upon which the Print Spooler service becomes
> dependent instead of being dependent on the Remote Procedure Call service
> (RPCSS). Unfortunately, when you uninstall the printer software the service
> dependency does not revert back to RPCSS.
>
> To change the dependency back to RPCSS, open a command prompt window and key
> in the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command (it may take a
> few second for each command to be successfully processed):
>
> net stop spooler
> sc config spooler depend= RPCSS
> net start spooler
> exit
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "cpeavey" <cpeavey RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:398D968C-C42F-433E-9B60-8A66DA718048@microsoft.com...
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I was at my wife's office the other day and I had to print some documents
> > and she has a Lexmark all-in-one so I loaded her Lexmark software to do
> > the
> > printing. I printed the documents successfully and then removed the
> > Lexmark
> > software using the control panel. Evidently I did not unlad everything
> > because Lexmark files would load on start-up. I finally identified the
> > files
> > that were still on my computer and removed them manually and now my print
> > spooler is disabled. Could someone please tell me how to enable the print
> > spooler. I'm runing XP Pro and everything is up-to-date.
>
>
>