Spooler Print error: what is the danger?
Sometimes you can have the following error message on your screen:
” Could not stop the print Spooler service on local computer.
Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.”
Your error message of spooler crashing error can be a little different, but the sense is the same: you printer refuses to print anything and you see the error message about the printer spooler service. So, you should remember that it would be better for you to solve the Spooler print error as soon as possible, because this error can be the reason for some other, but more serious problems of your computer. So the printer problems are just the beginning… The most often reason of this error is a virus. So, if your computer is infected you should wait for some other unpleasant event that will be bound with your computer. For example your work with the PC will not normal until you solve the problem, because the computer will slow down and freeze any time when you are not ready for that and also at the moment when you are going to print anything. All the virus problems can end with the crash of the system and you can lose all your personal data that you store on your hard drive. Be careful with such an error. If you want to solve the problem right now, then click on the button and download the special removal tool. It will help you no matter what is the cause of the error.
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If you are not going to use the special Fix Wizard then we can help you, introducing the following method how to eliminate the print spooler error.
So, you can try to use the following simple method that is useful if your printer does not print at all:
1. The first you should do is to disconnect all the printers and then connect them.
2. Check if the driver for printer is installed correctly.
3. You can also delete the files in the following directory: Windows/System32/Spool/Printers folder
If these methods did not help you, then you cam try to use this one. Restart the print spooler service:
1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
2. Select Services and Applications, then Services.
3. Find Print Spooler in the list and click on it.
4. You will see the inscription: stop the service or restart the service. Choose restart the service.
This method can help you, but there are cases when it just restart the service for 10 or 15 minutes and then under the malicious influence of a virus it stops working again. Of course there is a way to restart the service before you are going to print a page. But I think that you agree that it is not convenient to do it every time. So, you can use the following Fix Wizard in order to solve spooler print problems:
