print spooler not running

I've already done this... I'm getting the error message
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.- this
comes up when I try to start the print spooler.

Thank you
 >-----Original Message-----
 >Go to the Control Panel and click on Admin Tools. From
there, click on
 >Services. Is there a line called Print Spooler?
 >--
 >Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
 >www.coribright.com
 >

message

  >> I've tried installing my printer and I'm getting the
  >> error 'print spooler service not running'.
  >> I went into the services application to manually start
  >> the print spooler and am receiving the following error.
  >> Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
  >>
  >> How can I correct this. Will I have to re-install
windows
  >> to repair/replace the missing file? Is there an easier
way?
  >>
  >> Thank you
  >>
 >
 >
 >
 >.
 >
 >> Stay informed about: print spooler not running 

which file cannot be found?

The print spooler consists of

spoolsv.exe
spoolss.dll
localspl.dll
win32spl.dll
winspool.drv
tcpmon.dll
tcpmib.dll
usbmon.dll


The spooler also depends on the Remote Procedure Call service to start.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Richard" wrote in message

 > I've already done this... I'm getting the error message
 > Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.- this
 > comes up when I try to start the print spooler.
 >
 > Thank you
  > >-----Original Message-----
  > >Go to the Control Panel and click on Admin Tools. From
 > there, click on
  > >Services. Is there a line called Print Spooler?
  > >--
  > >Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
  > >www.coribright.com
  > >

 > message

   > >> I've tried installing my printer and I'm getting the
   > >> error 'print spooler service not running'.
   > >> I went into the services application to manually start
   > >> the print spooler and am receiving the following error.
   > >> Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
   > >>
   > >> How can I correct this. Will I have to re-install
 > windows
   > >> to repair/replace the missing file? Is there an easier
 > way?
   > >>
   > >> Thank you
   > >>
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >.
  > >
 >> Stay informed about: print spooler not running