When I try to reinstall the printer which was installed, I get a message that it cannot install a printer because a subsystem is not available. I often get messages from SPOOLSV.EXE that it has generated errors and will be closed by windows.You need to restart the programm. -unable to delete the registry keys. can someone provide a fix or any info on this error. This is the fix MS gave me.. But i can't remove reg enters Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). Locate references to BitWare in the following keys in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\E nvironments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\M onitors HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\P rinters On the Edit menu, click Delete for each BitWare subtree. Quit Registry Editor. Delete all BitWare drivers from the %SystemRoot%\System32 \Spool\Drivers\W32x86 folder. Restart Windows.
I have same problem, and procedure to reinstal all printers drivers.... same printer driver is corrupt or attempting to updade. See for errors in log of the printer server and event vew. I hope helps you.
Jeff: Do you have any printers? Right click and delete them if you don't need them. In the %system%\system32\spool folder you will find the drivers folder. Guess what might be stored there? With the spool service stopped, it is no problem removing temp files out of the printers folder and old driver files The spooler service stopping will leave you with no printers and no way to install them Go to the Services and restart spooler. Voila! All printers you did not remove from the drivers folder are there Now install the new printer driver. If it doesn't work, get another driver. The one you have is no good.
Hey Marko, Thanks for the feedback. I do have a local printer connected to my computer. I have removed the printer in add/remove programs. when trying to reinstall I get the following error now. """Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources."" Please help them if you don't need them. In the %system%\system32 \spool folder you will find the drivers folder. Guess what might be stored there? With the spool service stopped, it is no problem removing temp files out of the printers folder and old driver files. printers and no way to install them Go to the Services and restart spooler. Voila! All printers you did not remove from the drivers folder are there. get another driver. The one you have is no good.
----- Izidro wrote: ----- I have same problem, and procedure to reinstal all printers drivers.... same printer driver is corrupt or attempting to updade. See for errors in log of the printer server and event vew. I hope helps you. I'm sorry, Izidro, But what the hell are you talking about? Trying to decypher what you wrote: You are an MCSE who has no idea how to fix a common, garden variety print driver issue. So you try to re install the driver (no go) and then try update but you have the same problem. So the bit that you learnt in your MCSE training to turn off the spool service and manually delete the printer driver files, you have forgotten all of that or you just never learnt it in the first place? So finally you offer that the "printer server" (which I take it is the machine that has the printer attached?) has errors in the event viewer that will help here? I doubt that.
