print spooler service keeps stopping

When the For print spooler service keeps stopping there could be problems encountered in the spooler subsystem application or operations not completed. The other causes include systems which have printer settings that do not match with the printer installed, drivers that are out of date or corrupted and security issues when working with Windows 7 orVistaas the system's operating system. There could be accidents that make the spooler service to crash or viruses that block the files of the print spooler Solutions: Sometimes the problem could be very minor. In such cases, one needs to restart the printer manually. If it does not work properly then you can restart even the whole system so that they may get refreshed Some of the ways to solve the problem of the print spooler service keeps stopping is by using an updated antivirus program to remove the malware program in the personal computer. Once you have installed the program, you need to do a thorough whole system scan to get rid of the virus. If there were some important files that were corrupted by the virus then you will need to replace them by installing them a fresh. There are viruses that cause a great damage into your computer and scanning alone does not help. The computers affected with such viruses need to be completely formatted and installed with new softwares. If the print spooler may be set to offer manual service, you need to click on the start button and open the control panel. Click on the system maintenance and open it then double click on the administrative tool. Double click on the services and enter the password of the system to access. Right click on the print spooler and go to properties. This will open a window where you will need to click on the general tab to access the automatic option. If the problem is caused by the security issues related to windows vista and windows 7, you should click on start then on the search bar type service.msc and enter. Click on the found program and start the spooler. Click on the start button and enter in the search box the path in which your spools.exe has been stored in your computer. When it opens, right click on it and go to properties. Click on the security tab then on the advanced then the owner On the ownership of spools.exe, allow it to have full it with permission and rights. Close all the opened windows and try to start the spooler service again. If the files and drives have been corrupted, you need to remove them from the control panel by clicking on software add and remove and go to the specific printer software. Remove the program then restart your computer and using the printer's software cd, install it again. For drivers, all you need to do is to delete the files from the programs folder and install them again. You need to unplug the printer and restart your computer before you start the installation.