Windows 2000 Printing error - need urgent help!!!?

PROBLEM - My printers have suddenly been deactivated. They sometimes show on the printer list, and when I refresh the list, they all disappear. I tried to add the printers again. When I hit the Add printer icon, I get a pop-up saying - "Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. Printer subsystem not available".

SOLUTIONS TRIED SO FAR -

Tried the time tested "reboot a million times" option - nothing.

Tried freeing up space on the C drive - to free up system resources - didn't work.

Have checked for spyware, viruses, etc. Came up zilch!

Tried reactivating print spooler from Administrative Tools/Services. The printers are displayed after spooler is run, but disappear when I refresh printer list.

OS - Windows 2000 Server Edition. Working over my office LAN - all the printers are on the network. None of the other machines on the network have this problem.

Please help!!!

Windows 2000 Printing error - need urgent help!!!?nortin

Try this:

Click Start -%26gt; Run and type cmd and click OK

At the command prompt type these five commands

cd c:\winnt\system32\spool\printers

net stop spooler

del *.* (after enter type y for yes)

net start spooler

exit

Now try your printers

The c:\winnt\system32\spool\printers folder holds all of the print queues, not the actual printers themselves so don't worry about having to re-install anything.

To delete any bad jobs the spooler service has to be stopped first, hence net stop and net start spooler

Hope this helps!

Windows 2000 Printing error - need urgent help!!!?pc security

Turn off computer UN plug printer from computer and from power wait a minute or two plug the printer to the computer then to the power start computer, it should recover.
Uninstall the printer. Then reinstall, and make sure it is listed as the default printer. Good luck.