Respawns wrote:

>
> ~~THE STORY OF THE PROBLEM~~
>
> I have coursework due in tomorrow and i havent used my printer in a
> while. I've installed a new OS since i've last used it, and assumed it
> wasn't working because I hadn't installed the software from the CD it
> came with.
>
> Anyway after ages of searching in my loft i find the disk, try to
> install and it's telling me NTPrint & Print Spooler services are
> unavailable, please enable them.
>
> Run - services.msc, i try and find both of these services and they ARE
> NOT THERE!
> I've done alot of research since then and found out i need to use
> SC.EXE to kinda create the service, or i could do it through the
> registry.
>
> Only problem is i don't know how!! Please help it's one of my final
> pieces of coursework i really need this printed!
>
>
> ~~THE PROBLEM~~
>
> I cant install my printer without enabling the services NTPrint & Print
> Spooler, but they arn't there. I need some commands or a regedit tweak
> to create these services.

You don't need to enable or create services. In any case, that's an old
service you're looking for that doesn't appear in XP let alone Vista.

What you need to do:

Go to the printer mftr.'s website. Find Vista drivers for your specific
model printer. Install them. Now you will be able to print.

If the printer mftr. doesn't have Vista drivers, you will not be able to use
your printer in Vista. Copy your files onto a CD-R or a usb thumb drive and
take them to a friend's for printing or to your local equivalent of
Kinko's.

Then when the pressure to print is off, purchase a printer that will do what
you want and work with Vista.


Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

I imagine Malke has too much class to respond to your intemperate message.
She is no "donut", but the owner of a successsful business fixing PCs and
such for the likes of you. She gives her spare time freely to these pages and
we are all grateful. She has certainly helped me in the recent past.

You shouldn't write in an angry fashion about having a new printer. It's
your fault you never told us what kind of printer you had in the first place.

Her advice for you to get the files off your computer and to get them copied
because you are in a desperate hurry was good advice, sorry I didn't think of
it myself.

I suggest you do not use these pages in future if you haven't the skills to
provide the information correctly.

And I hope your course work is couched in more seemly language than you have
shown to us.

"Respawns" wrote:

>
> "You don't need to enable or create services. In any case, that's an old
> service you're looking for that doesn't appear in XP let alone Vista.
>
> What you need to do:
>
> Go to the printer mftr.'s website. Find Vista drivers for your specific
> model printer. Install them. Now you will be able to print.
>
> If the printer mftr. doesn't have Vista drivers, you will not be able
> to use
> your printer in Vista. Copy your files onto a CD-R or a usb thumb drive
> and
> take them to a friend's for printing or to your local equivalent of
> Kinko's.
>
> Then when the pressure to print is off, purchase a printer that will do
> what
> you want and work with Vista.
>
>
> Malke"
>
> I do need to create a service, i dont need to go to the printer
> manufacturers website i have all the drivers and software needed but the
> software isnt installing because of 2 services which are disabled and
> arn't even there.
>
> NTPrint
> Print Spooler
>
> You said " Then when the pressure to print is off, purchase a printer
> that will do what
> you want and work with Vista."
>
> It works with Vista you donut i have the Vista drivers for it already
> dont tell me i need a new printer its not some cheapo 1980s thing ffs.
>
>
> --
> Respawns
>