Hi Monkey,

sorry for the delay in responding - i hav'nt done anything with msconfig, however, my 7 year old daughter is getting far too computer savy, it is possible that she may have altered some settings somewhere.

done what you suggested but i'm getting the following error when i atempt to start the print spooler;

spooler.JPG

its not starting automatically, getting this error when i attempt to start manually.

Hi Max-- for the best Windows services guide on the web-- go here:

Windows XP Home and Professional Service Pack 2 Service Configurations by Black Viper


The problem is probably that there is a service that the print-spooler depends on to run that is also disabled.
If you look at the print-spooler in services manager-- right-click it --scroll down to proprties/click on that and go to " list dependencies"-- look at "this service depends on" window. If THAT service is disabled there's your problem.

Black Vipers guide will help you figure it out.

Hi Monkey,

once again you have bailed me out, what you suggested worked a treat. Think everything is working as it should be, for now at least...have to keep an eye on whose doing what on this pc in the future me thinks!!!!!

Thanks again to you and everybody else on the forum for all of your excellent help and suggestions

Hey-- if you are the administrator, why not use Windows Permissions-- or User accounts-- to limit what the others can change ?? The only downside is that your account must be password-protected.

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