Print Spooler problem

Hello. I have same problem but when I do the command promppt lines you
mention above,ie the start net spooler etc,it just comes up with the same
message "error 1068",and i still cannot start tht print spooler service,What
can I do next?The only ither info I can give,is that the PC was once on a
LAN,where it had accesto the other PC's printer{a Cannon},could this have
some sort of priority over my PC adding its own printer?or is there anext
step I can take to get the print spooler working.THx for any info.

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> 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 DeleteThis @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.
>
>
>

When I attempt this, either from start -> run, or from command prompt, I get
the following error dialog:

sfc.exe - Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b). Click on OK to
terminate the application."

:-/


"Elmo" wrote:

> Dan Hutty wrote:
> > 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,
>
> Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW and click OK. Maybe a damaged
> system file is the cause..
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>