Been running Windows Vista Ultimate RC1 and having a good time of it ... until last night. I tried to print about 60 JPGs to PDF and the system came to a screeching halt. Then all my printers disappeared. Whenever I tried to add a new printer, Vista would give me an error that blared "PRINT SPOOLER SERVICE NOT RUNNING" and "WINDOWS CAN'T ADD OPEN ADD PRINTER". Arrrgh. Whenever I'd go start the print spooler service manually, it would crash as soon as I tried to add a printer.
I also noticed that my 60 GB SATA primary drive lost about 10 GB in the process.
Here's how to fix it...Go to C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers and delete the files contained therein. In my case, I had a file that was about 10GBs. (If you wanna be safe, send them to the recycle bin rather than permanently deleting them.)
Then RIGHT CLICK on MY COMPUTER, select MANAGE, then SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS, then SERVICES, then RIGHT CLICK on PRINT SPOOLER and select start. You should see all of your printers again.
Overall, Vista is one bitchin OS and I can't wait to roll it out to my new firm. Happy Friday.
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