Error: " The Print Spooler or one of its dependencies is not available.

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Problem
Error: "The Print Spooler or one of its dependencies is not available."; Error 1075. The
dependency service does not eist or has been mar!ed for deletion.; Error 10"#. The Print
Spooler is stopped$ do yo% &ish to start it no&'; (annot restart the lebce service; (annot
install the printer; (annot start the print spooler
Sol%tion
This error occ%rs &hen the lebce server has been stopped and cannot be restarted. To verify
that this is &hat has occ%rred:
1. )o to Start$ (ontrol Panels$ *dministrative Tools$ Services.
+. ,indo&s +000: )o to Start$ Settin-s$ (ontrol Panel$ *dministrative Tools$ Services.
.. /i-ht clic! on the print spooler and select Properties.
0. (lic! on 1ependencies to vie& a list of all the system components that the print
spooler depends on.
5. 2nder Services$ -o to each of these dependencies and chec! the properties. 3n each
case$ ens%re that the Start%p type is set to *%tomatic$ and that the Service stat%s is set
to Started.
". 3f one of the other services cannot be restarted$ refer to the follo&in- doc%ment:
Error: "The Print Spooler is mar!ed for deletion"
7. 3f the lebce server is stopped and cannot be restarted$ follo& the instr%ctions %nder
4Etractin- the lebces.ee file4 belo&.
Etractin- the lebces.ee file:
1. )o to Start$ Search$ *ll files and folders$ type in lebces.5 and search the 6(:7 hard
drive for this file. 1elete any instances yo% find and then empty the recycle bin.
+. The lebces.e8 file needs to be etracted from the (19/:;. To find the correct path
for this file$ -o to Start$ Search$ *ll files and folders$ type in lebces.5 and search the
(19/:;. Ta!e note of the correct path for this file. 6See the table belo&.7
<1.=<+.=<..=<.0=00=50=+5=.5=05=55="5="5n
1:>1rivers>,in8+000>lebces.e8
<0.=<5.
1:>1rivers>,innt.0.0>lan-%a-e>lebces.e8
?".
1:>1rivers>,indo&s8+000>lan-%a-e>lebces.e8
?7.
1:>1rivers>,in8+@>lan-%a-e>lebces.e8
?70=?75=?1100=?5100=?"100=<"00=<700=P700=P.100
1:>1rivers>,in8?P+@>lebces.e8
.. )o to Start$ *ll Pro-rams$ *ccessories$ (ommand Prompt.
0. Type cd> and press EATE/.
5. Type cd &indo&s and press EATE/.
". ,indo&s +000: Type cd &innt and press EATE/.
7. Type cd system.+ and press EATE/.
#. )o to (:>,indo&s>System.+.
B. ,indo&s +000: )o to (:>,3AAT>system.+.
10. Type epand Cpath>file nameD lebces.ee and press EATE/. 3mportantE ;a!e s%re
to leave a space bet&een the %nderscore character 6 8 7 after the file name and
lebces.ee 9 for eample$
11. epand 1:>1rivers>,in8+000>lebces.e8 lebces.ee. The file &ill be etracted from
the (19/:; drive to the System.+ folder.
2ninstallin- the lebces.ee file:
,hen this file has been etracted$ it m%st be properly %ninstalled from the system &hile yo%
are still at the command prompt. 1o the follo&in-:
1. Type lebces 9% and press EATE/. Fo% &ill receive confirmation that the file has been
removed and that yo% have to delete one other lebces.ee file man%ally. 6See the
ima-e belo&.7
+. 2se the Search option to find the lebces.ee file and then delete it from
(:>,indo&s>System.+.
.. ,indo&s +000: 1elete the file lebces.ee from (:>,3AAT>system.+.
0. )o to Start$ (ontrol Panel$ *dministrative Tools$ Services.
5. ,indo&s +000: )o to Start$ Settin-s$ (ontrol Panel$ *dministrative Tools$ Services.
". /i-ht clic! on the Print Spooler.
7. )o to Properties and clic! on Start.
#. (lic! on *pply and then on :@.
B. Ens%re that the printer driver is completely %ninstalled.
10. /estart the P(.
11. /einstall the printer driver.