Win2K Printer Prob: Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources.

[buddhafest]

Hay guys, man sorry for all these problems im getting, but yeah I can't seem to add a printer

i keep getting this message

"Printer Operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable."

now, i added a printer when i first installed win2k, then i aded all the update patches etc. and now its gone and i get that message.

whats up with that man?

i looked at this article

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271248

don't know if thats really the problem i have though,
id prefer not to have to rename all those .dll's cuz those things are tricky

[Chuckiechan]

What brand of printer?

[buddhafest]

its a canon

ok i might hav found the solution

http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;260142

dont know yet, i'll keep you guys posted

[buddhafest]

ok it deosnt seem to be working

but here's another message that i am getting

whever i start up windows

"spoolsv.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. you will need to restart the program"

well after that, I'll go to the Services and i'll run spoolsv again but i get the same message after a minute or so

anyone know why my spoolsv is messing up?

[buddhafest]

Ok, i need a favour from anyone thats runing WIN2k, i think i deleted something from the registry that I shouldnt have
its under the following section

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors

under that section there should be the following keys:

BJ Language Monitor
Local Port
PJL Language Monitor
Standard TCP/IP Port
USB Monitor
Windows NT Fax Monitor

I think i deleted BJ language monitor

I want to readd it but I don't know what key info or values is in it so anyone wiht win2k please check for me and post the values i need??

[buddhafest]

Ok, mine is also missing LPR port.. but i never deleted that. does anyone elses have LPR port? i need the info for that too please

[buddhafest]

Ok im noticing that there are people who are viewing this thread, im really hoping that they aren't replying becuz they aren't running win2k...

c'mon guys, you've never failed me before, don't fail me now, just check your registry

go to start -> run -> regedt32.exe
and help a fellow man out pls!

[buddhafest]

Nobody here runs win2k?

[TM12]

What? You didn't back-up the registry before "playing"? From the School of Hard Knocks, eh?

Been there, done that.

Here's what my \Monitors branch looks like:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\BJ Language Monitor]
"Driver"="cnbjmon.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\Local Port]
"Driver"="localspl.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\PJL Language Monitor]
"Driver"="pjlmon.dll"
"EOJTimeout"=dword:0000ea60

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\Standard TCP/IP Port]
"Driver"="tcpmon.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\Standard TCP/IP Port\Ports]
"StatusUpdateInterval"=dword:0000000a
"StatusUpdateEnabled"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\USB Monitor]
"Driver"="usbmon.dll"

Notice I don't have the NT fax entry in mine - it's probably related to your specific hardware situation. If adding the missing entry doesn't work I suggest uninstalling/reinstalling the printer but SHUTDOWN completely before the reinstall. If that doesn't work try reinstalling W2K from within Windows. It should fix the broken registry and you shouldn't lose any data. You might have to redo the updates. Good luck.

[buddhafest]

Yeah I know, im foolish still.. always back up registry.. anyways.. thanks.. i had ended up using the win2k setup to repair the registries... now it works again...

thank tho..