You may experience any of the following symptoms on your Windows XP-based computer:
- After you start your computer, you may receive the following error message:
Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- When you try to start the Print Spooler service, you may receive the following error message:
Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- When you try to stop the Print Spooler service, you may receive the following error message:
Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- When you click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes, you may receive the following error message:
Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- When you click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes to try to view your printers, no printers appear. This issue may occur even if you have a printer installed.
- When you click Add a printer, or when you try to print, you may receive the following error message and cannot add a printer:
Operation could not be completed.
