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Enable/Disable the Print Spooling Service

Latest update on June 15, 2020 at 10:58 AM by David Webb .

Every print job on the printer server is controlled by the Print Spooler . This is software that helps manage print jobs which are stuck in the queue and processes their deletion after printing is complete.

Enable/Disable the Print Spooling Service

To disable or enable the print spooling service, one has to click on the Print Spooler Key that can be accessed through My Computer. Modifications in the settings of the key enables or disables the Print Spooler service accordingly.

Right click on My Computer (Computer on Vista) and select Manage
In the console that opens, pull down the Services menu and applications
Click on Services

Double-click on the Print Spooler key
In the "General" tab, go to Startup Type
Set the value to Automatic, Manual or Disabled

To enable or disable the print spooler service immediately, click Stop or Start
Finally click Apply (a restart of the PC is sometimes necessary to take into account changes in parameters).

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