Help - Home Network Printer Setup

> Hi,
>
> Click start, type services.msc and hit <enter>. Scroll down to the Print Spooler service and
> single click on it. Options to start, stop, or restart it will be on the left. If that fails to
> aid in getting the printer added, double click the service and go to the recovery tab. Set the
> first failure action to restart the service, and on the general tab make sure the startup type is
> set to automatic.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uUDwJF73HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Our home network runs with three PCs, all with XP Pro. The home server has a common HP LaserJet
>> 1022 printer. I have no problem to print from other PCs, except the new Laptop, which runs on
>> Windows Vista Home Premium. I was able to setup the network, to transfer files from the Laptop
>> to other PCs, but having problem to access the network printer from the Laptop Vista operating
>> system.
>>
>> While "Connecting to HP LaserJet 1022 on Server", I get this -
>> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please
>> restart the spooler or restart the machine."
>>
>> I am not familiar how to start or set the spooler service on the Laptop running Vista or Home
>> Server PC, running XP Pro.
>>
>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>

>

>I have gone through and set "services.msc" on each PC with printers, that
>are running either XP Pro or Vista, but still I am unable to connect the
>printers from the Laptop running with Vista (this laptop used to run XP
>Pro, and had no trouble to print using other PC's printers). Do I need to
>do something else ?
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eFXtC$%233HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,
>>
>> Click start, type services.msc and hit <enter>. Scroll down to the Print
>> Spooler service and single click on it. Options to start, stop, or
>> restart it will be on the left. If that fails to aid in getting the
>> printer added, double click the service and go to the recovery tab. Set
>> the first failure action to restart the service, and on the general tab
>> make sure the startup type is set to automatic.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uUDwJF73HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Our home network runs with three PCs, all with XP Pro. The home server
>>> has a common HP LaserJet 1022 printer. I have no problem to print from
>>> other PCs, except the new Laptop, which runs on Windows Vista Home
>>> Premium. I was able to setup the network, to transfer files from the
>>> Laptop to other PCs, but having problem to access the network printer
>>> from the Laptop Vista operating system.
>>>
>>> While "Connecting to HP LaserJet 1022 on Server", I get this -
>>> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service
>>> is not running. Please restart the spooler or restart the machine."
>>>
>>> I am not familiar how to start or set the spooler service on the Laptop
>>> running Vista or Home Server PC, running XP Pro.
>>>
>>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>>

>>

>

> Hi,
>
> You should only be working on the Vista machine, you already know the others are working. On the
> laptop, click start and type CMD. Right click the entry in the start menu and select 'run as
> administrator'. From the prompt, run "net start spooler". You should see a message that it has
> already been started. If this is the case, then problem is not with the print spooler service, but
> rather with the printer driver being installed. Are you using one from the manufacturer?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:781C545E-8134-4879-B284-82BB5EDB01F5@microsoft.com...

>>I have gone through and set "services.msc" on each PC with printers, that are running either XP
>>Pro or Vista, but still I am unable to connect the printers from the Laptop running with Vista
>>(this laptop used to run XP Pro, and had no trouble to print using other PC's printers). Do I
>>need to do something else ?
>>
>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:eFXtC$%233HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Click start, type services.msc and hit <enter>. Scroll down to the Print Spooler service and
>>> single click on it. Options to start, stop, or restart it will be on the left. If that fails to
>>> aid in getting the printer added, double click the service and go to the recovery tab. Set the
>>> first failure action to restart the service, and on the general tab make sure the startup type
>>> is set to automatic.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uUDwJF73HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Our home network runs with three PCs, all with XP Pro. The home server has a common HP LaserJet
>>>> 1022 printer. I have no problem to print from other PCs, except the new Laptop, which runs on
>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. I was able to setup the network, to transfer files from the Laptop
>>>> to other PCs, but having problem to access the network printer from the Laptop Vista operating
>>>> system.
>>>>
>>>> While "Connecting to HP LaserJet 1022 on Server", I get this -
>>>> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please
>>>> restart the spooler or restart the machine."
>>>>
>>>> I am not familiar how to start or set the spooler service on the Laptop running Vista or Home
>>>> Server PC, running XP Pro.
>>>>
>>>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>

>>

>

>I have just gone through as you described below for the Laptop. (Of-course,
>Print Spooler output was slightly different in WinXP machines. I did not
>change anything in the XP machines, since my Laptop only is miss-behaving).
>I thought may be something is not properly working in XP machines.
>
> I am using HP LaserJet 1020 printer and HP driver downloaded from HP
> web-page just a few days ago.
>
> I am somewhat........ Well, what next?
>
> Help
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OtYMh$E4HHA.5880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,
>>
>> You should only be working on the Vista machine, you already know the
>> others are working. On the laptop, click start and type CMD. Right click
>> the entry in the start menu and select 'run as administrator'. From the
>> prompt, run "net start spooler". You should see a message that it has
>> already been started. If this is the case, then problem is not with the
>> print spooler service, but rather with the printer driver being
>> installed. Are you using one from the manufacturer?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:781C545E-8134-4879-B284-82BB5EDB01F5@microsoft.com...

>>>I have gone through and set "services.msc" on each PC with printers, that
>>>are running either XP Pro or Vista, but still I am unable to connect the
>>>printers from the Laptop running with Vista (this laptop used to run XP
>>>Pro, and had no trouble to print using other PC's printers). Do I need
>>>to do something else ?
>>>
>>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:eFXtC$%233HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Click start, type services.msc and hit <enter>. Scroll down to the
>>>> Print Spooler service and single click on it. Options to start, stop,
>>>> or restart it will be on the left. If that fails to aid in getting the
>>>> printer added, double click the service and go to the recovery tab. Set
>>>> the first failure action to restart the service, and on the general tab
>>>> make sure the startup type is set to automatic.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>
>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uUDwJF73HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Our home network runs with three PCs, all with XP Pro. The home server
>>>>> has a common HP LaserJet 1022 printer. I have no problem to print from
>>>>> other PCs, except the new Laptop, which runs on Windows Vista Home
>>>>> Premium. I was able to setup the network, to transfer files from the
>>>>> Laptop to other PCs, but having problem to access the network printer
>>>>> from the Laptop Vista operating system.
>>>>>
>>>>> While "Connecting to HP LaserJet 1022 on Server", I get this -
>>>>> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler
>>>>> service is not running. Please restart the spooler or restart the
>>>>> machine."
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not familiar how to start or set the spooler service on the
>>>>> Laptop running Vista or Home Server PC, running XP Pro.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>

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