Print Spooler System Error 5 Has Occurred
we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. Solved: system error 5 has occurred access denied Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by ron40, Jun 18, 2014. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Advertisement ron40 Thread Starter Joined: Jul 6, 2004 Messages: 238 I have windows 8, 32 bit & I'm trying to clear my print spooler, which I've done many times. I go to "run," type "cmd" & enter the command: "net stop spooler." When I execute the spooler command I get the above error message. I did a search on google & got a lot of hits but none of them were useful. What is going on & how do I solve this "system 5 error" problem? Thanks for any help. ron40, Jun 18, 2014 #1 Sponsor davehc Trusted Advisor Joined: Oct 4, 2006 Messages: 1,937 Try restarting the spooler at the same time. The combination command would be net stop spooler && net start spooler I try to avoid the command line as much as possible, on the understanding that a user OS should not need in depth commands. When I have a document problem such as yours, I normally open the "Devices and Printers", in the Control Panel, click in and "see what's printing" and clear it from there. Sometimes needs a restart. davehc, Jun 19, 2014 #2 Macboatmaster Trusted Advisor Joined: Jan 14, 2010 Messages: 16,441 You must run that cmd on an elevated cmd prompt instead of simply opening the cmd prompt on windows 8.1 however you access it - right click and click run as admin or if you access it from search charms, click run as admin the cmd window will then be titled Administrator command prompt and not merely command prompt please see screenshot as explained here You can also clear print jobs by using an elevated Command Prompt. You will get the Access Denied error if you attempt to do this with a normal Command Prompt. That said, perhaps I am on the wrong tack as you say I have windows 8, 32 bit & I'm trying to clear my print spooler, which I've done many timesClick to expand... Attached Files: U
takes a few minutes. Join Now Hi Everyone First time poster so be gentle! ;-) I'm having domain wide issues with clients not being able to print due to print spooler sub system errors on start up. When I try to manually start the spooler it starts for a second and then stops. if i try through a command prompt I get "System error 5 has occurred Access denied" Our print server is WS2K3, I'm in the process of building a 2012 print server to replace it. I have trawled the forums and tried the following: - after giving "everyone" access to the directory I delete files in the C:\Windows\System32\spool\printers & \drivers folders and tried to install network printers. - repairing the windows install Initially this issue affected everyone https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-system-error-5-has-occurred-access-denied.1128098/ but Win xp users seem to have recovered. WIn7 users still have the issue. cheers Brad Reply Subscribe RELATED TOPICS: Daily Print Spooler Error Print Spooler Madness Print Spooler Problem Turning Pandemic   15 Replies Chipotle OP AkDonKeys Mar 4, 2014 at 1:15 UTC Did you load the win 7 drivers to the print server for each printer? Are the Win 7 machines x64 and the Xp x86? 0 Pimiento OP Brad9917 Mar 4, 2014 at 1:19 UTC Hi 907Jon I've https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/452370-print-spooler-sub-system-error got a mixture of x64 and x86 Win7 and x86 Win xp. I have x64 and x86 drivers installed on the server for each printer. The Old print server has worked fine for years and then last week clients started getting these sub spooler errors. cheers Brad 0 Ghost Chili OP Thanks A.J. Stringham Mar 4, 2014 at 1:21 UTC Brad9917 wrote: Hi 907Jon I've got a mixture of x64 and x86 Win7 and x86 Win xp. I have x64 and x86 drivers installed on the server for each printer. The Old print server has worked fine for years and then last week clients started getting these sub spooler errors. cheers BradDo you by chance have a WSUS server setup? 0 Ghost Chili OP Thanks A.J. Stringham Mar 4, 2014 at 1:21 UTC Or have scheduled updates set to run on your machines? 1 Mace OP Rockn Mar 4, 2014 at 1:29 UTC If they are set up to use a print server I am not sure why they would be having local spooler issues as print obs should be spooled on the server itself. Are these universal print drivers per chance? Check the print spooler on the server as well as the folder spool\printers on the server to see if it is empty and if the spooler is stopped. Have any printers been deleted recently? 1 Pimiento OP Brad9917 Mar 4, 2014 at 1:29 UTC We have WSUS but it's not currently working.
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