My HP printer will not work. It says that the print spooler is missing. I tried to reinstall my printer, but it says 'cannot be completed-The print spooler service is not running.' How do I get it to run?Go to Start / Run and type in 'services.msc' then press Enter or click OK. In the window that opens (Services) look for 'Print Spooler' on the right Right-click 'Print Spooler' and select 'Properties'. Click on the 'Recovery' tab and change all 3 drop-down boxes to 'Restart The Service'. Make sure the 2 text boxes underneath say '1' in them. Click Ok until you are back at the Services window, close it and you're good to go. Go back into the properties of the 'Print Spooler' tab and be sure to click Start to restart the Print Spooler service and it will restart the service immediately. The Print spooler depends on the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service.
Keywords:
Spooler Install Return to the
Knowledgebase Questions and Answers