Spooler Subsystem App closed by Data Execution Prevention

> You will need to start the Printer Spooler service
>
> in Services.msc or at a command prompt
> net start spooler
>
>
> most spooler failures are caused when print drivers corrupt the memory of
> the process.
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "SharonW" <SharonW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B227FAC7-426C-481E-B772-0BB406DF45B7@microsoft.com...

> >I am running XP Pro with SP3 on a system with a 3.2 Mhz processor and 1 G
> >of
> > memory. I have two 149 G drives, each with about 63G of free space. When I
> > started the system this morning, Windows displayed a message headed "Data
> > Execution Prevention" and reading "To help protect your computer, Windows
> > has
> > closed this program. Name: Spooler Subsystem App Publisher: Microsoft
> > Corporation".
> >
> > All of my printers - 2 local and 2 networked - have disappeared, and when
> > I
> > try to reinstall them Windows displays the message "Operation could not be
> > completed. The print spooler service is not running."
> >
> > Everything seemed to be working normally yesterday.
> >
> > I ran a full virus scan after getting this error - it says the system is
> > clean.
> >
> > The formerly installed printers are -
> > 1) HP2200 on LPT1 - this was set to allow shared access since several
> > users
> > need to print to it
> > 2) Xerox Phaser 6250 on USB
> > 3) HP4000 on an internal IP address
> > 4) HP1312 on an internal IP address
> > Printers 1, 2, and 3 have been installed on this system for several years.
> > I
> > installed the HP1312 on Tuesday Jan 13 to troubleshoot why its primary
> > user
> > was getting error messages from it. I don't think I'll reinstall it...
> >
> > There are 35 other systems in use in this building, and since no one has
> > phoned me for support I believe my system is the only one showing this
> > problem.
> >
> > How can I get my printing to work again?

>
>
>

> You will need to start the Printer Spooler service
>
> in Services.msc or at a command prompt
> net start spooler
>
>
> most spooler failures are caused when print drivers corrupt the memory of
> the process.
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "SharonW" <SharonW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B227FAC7-426C-481E-B772-0BB406DF45B7@microsoft.com...

> >I am running XP Pro with SP3 on a system with a 3.2 Mhz processor and 1 G
> >of
> > memory. I have two 149 G drives, each with about 63G of free space. When I
> > started the system this morning, Windows displayed a message headed "Data
> > Execution Prevention" and reading "To help protect your computer, Windows
> > has
> > closed this program. Name: Spooler Subsystem App Publisher: Microsoft
> > Corporation".
> >
> > All of my printers - 2 local and 2 networked - have disappeared, and when
> > I
> > try to reinstall them Windows displays the message "Operation could not be
> > completed. The print spooler service is not running."
> >
> > Everything seemed to be working normally yesterday.
> >
> > I ran a full virus scan after getting this error - it says the system is
> > clean.
> >
> > The formerly installed printers are -
> > 1) HP2200 on LPT1 - this was set to allow shared access since several
> > users
> > need to print to it
> > 2) Xerox Phaser 6250 on USB
> > 3) HP4000 on an internal IP address
> > 4) HP1312 on an internal IP address
> > Printers 1, 2, and 3 have been installed on this system for several years.
> > I
> > installed the HP1312 on Tuesday Jan 13 to troubleshoot why its primary
> > user
> > was getting error messages from it. I don't think I'll reinstall it...
> >
> > There are 35 other systems in use in this building, and since no one has
> > phoned me for support I believe my system is the only one showing this
> > problem.
> >
> > How can I get my printing to work again?

>
>
>

> Thanks, Alan - but it doesn't work. When I type "net start spooler" at the
> command prompt, I get the messages "The Print Spooler service is starting.
> The Print Spooler service was started successfully." But when I next go to
> Printers and Faxes and click Add Printer, I get the message "Operation
> could
> not be completed. The print spooler service is not running."
>
> I tried a couple of variations -
> 1) Cold boot, then enter "net start spooler" at the command prompt. Same
> result.
> 2) Uninstall the software for that HP1312 printer, and cold boot after
> finishing the uninstall with its associated restarts. Enter "net start
> spooler" after the cold boot. Same result.
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> TIA,
>
> Sharon
>
> "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
>

>> You will need to start the Printer Spooler service
>>
>> in Services.msc or at a command prompt
>> net start spooler
>>
>>
>> most spooler failures are caused when print drivers corrupt the memory of
>> the process.
>> --
>> Alan Morris
>> Windows Printing Team
>> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "SharonW" <SharonW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B227FAC7-426C-481E-B772-0BB406DF45B7@microsoft.com...

>> >I am running XP Pro with SP3 on a system with a 3.2 Mhz processor and 1
>> >G
>> >of
>> > memory. I have two 149 G drives, each with about 63G of free space.
>> > When I
>> > started the system this morning, Windows displayed a message headed
>> > "Data
>> > Execution Prevention" and reading "To help protect your computer,
>> > Windows
>> > has
>> > closed this program. Name: Spooler Subsystem App Publisher: Microsoft
>> > Corporation".
>> >
>> > All of my printers - 2 local and 2 networked - have disappeared, and
>> > when
>> > I
>> > try to reinstall them Windows displays the message "Operation could not
>> > be
>> > completed. The print spooler service is not running."
>> >
>> > Everything seemed to be working normally yesterday.
>> >
>> > I ran a full virus scan after getting this error - it says the system
>> > is
>> > clean.
>> >
>> > The formerly installed printers are -
>> > 1) HP2200 on LPT1 - this was set to allow shared access since several
>> > users
>> > need to print to it
>> > 2) Xerox Phaser 6250 on USB
>> > 3) HP4000 on an internal IP address
>> > 4) HP1312 on an internal IP address
>> > Printers 1, 2, and 3 have been installed on this system for several
>> > years.
>> > I
>> > installed the HP1312 on Tuesday Jan 13 to troubleshoot why its primary
>> > user
>> > was getting error messages from it. I don't think I'll reinstall it...
>> >
>> > There are 35 other systems in use in this building, and since no one
>> > has
>> > phoned me for support I believe my system is the only one showing this
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > How can I get my printing to work again?

>>
>>
>>