W 2000 - Printer subsystem unavailable

[whytheheck]

This is an old problem to some people, but it just happened to me.

My printer won't print, although it will throw out a test page, so I know that the printer is not the problem.
My printer icons have all disappeared.
I tried to reinstall a printer, and the computer told me that the print spooler was gone.
I used my "System Mechanic" to set up another print spooler. That didn't hurt, but it didn't help, either.
I found a button to push, to start the spooler, and it told me that either I or the computer had committed error 1075, and that a component was missing.

I looked at the discussion threads in "daniweb" under "printer subsystem unavailable". It seems that I'm a little late. Everyone else had this problem between 2003 and 2005, and from the look of the postings, people had "aha!" moments, and fixed the problem.

I tried the fixes, from the discussion threads. The fixes included going into the c: prompt and initializing the print spooler. No luck. I wound up with error 1075 again.

I have looked through the Microsoft Windows website, and there is just too much information to sift through. But the "printer subsytem unavailable" information box said that the problem occurs when a user tries to configure Windows Fax, which I haven't tried to do.

I tend to over-correct, and so what I'm presently considering is backing up all of my data, and re-installing W 2000, or buying more RAM, and installing XP Pro. But there has to be something a little less pervasive.

Any suggestions?

...whytheheck

[pabs31]

Hey there whytheheck I do telephone tech support for a computer manufacturer in the US and have found this article to be quite helpful with the problem you explained here:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

I wish you luck with this.

Paul

[whytheheck]

Hey there whytheheck I do telephone tech support for a computer manufacturer in the US and have found this article to be quite helpful with the problem you explained here:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

I wish you luck with this.

Paul

Cool. And it's in English. And it points out another possibility I hadn't thought of, which is that the printer, although it works, may be the source of the problem. It's a Lexmark. I didn't think that it could have been the problem (or that the driver could be the problem), because it worked for a year and a half without problems.

Not enough time to do it tonight, but I'm going to set aside the time, and push through the instructions when I have an hour.

Thank you.

whytheheck

[dcc]

You can't discount the printer being the problem just because it's a Lexsparks, and drivers go south occasionally as well.

[pabs31]

Good stuff let me know how it works out for you :-) I know the english part heps a lot.