Printer Queue Problem XP & Vista

Just overcome the problem by the following method given below

Simplest method on earth (Works even with Vista)
Method 1:

1. Go to start/run and type:  net stop spooler
2. Right-click the taskbar print icon and select “Update” Or “Refresh“.
3. Now restart the spooler, again go to “run” and type: net start spooler

Method 2:

Try clearing the print spooler

1. Right-click “My Computer“, Manage, expand “Services and Applications“, click “Services“, scroll your way down the list to “Print Spooler“, click “Stop” the service.
2. When the service returns “Stopped“. right-click the taskbar print icon and select “Update” Or “Refresh“.
3. When the Icon disappears, go back and restart the service.

In some rare instances, you need to Log off then Log on again.

Method3:

The process for fully deleting the document from the queue and the steps are listed below:

1. Launch the SERVICES program. There are a couple of ways to do this:
     * Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services
     * Got to Start > Settings >Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
2. Look for the “Print Spooler” service. Click on it and select STOP. Make sure that the services shows as “Stopped”
3. Open Windows Explorer (a shortcut for launching Windows Explorer is to hit the Windows Key – if your keyboard has it – and E at the same time)
4. Navigate to: “c:/windows/system32/spool/printers”
   
   Note: You may have to allow Windows Explorer to show system folders. You can do this in Explorer by going to Tools > Folder Options and selecting the VIEW tab
   .
5. There should be a check box (that might be unchecked) labeled “Display the contents of system folders” –> Check this box and click OK
6. Once you can view the contents of that folder, you will (hopefully) see 1 or more documents. You are viewing your printer queue at that point.
7. Select the file(s) and delete them
8. Go back to the Services program (see step #1) and restart the Print Spooler service
9. Check the printer queue (see the first paragraph) and confirm that the Spooler is now empty

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