How do I set my HP C5500 printer as the default printer?
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I just had to kill a virus on my computer and I don't know if it screwed up any settings or anything. I wanted to print a Word Document but then it said that I had no default printer selected when I click on quick print. If I just click print, nothing happens. In My Computer, it shows up as an image scanner and it doesn't show up in printer & faxes. When I click add printer, it says the operation could not be completed because the print spooler service isn't running. I went to the HP site to download the driver but everytime I download it, it's just a 0kb file that doesn't work. I really need to fix this ASAP so please help!
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Answer:
go to printer properties, right click the printer icon and select make default Print spooler Go to Start / Run and type in "services.msc" without quotation marks, then press Enter or click OK. In the window that opens (Services) look for "Print Spooler" on the right Right-click "Print Spooler" and select "Properties". Click on the "Recovery" tab and change all 3 drop-down boxes to "Restart The Service". Make sure the 2 text boxes underneath say "1" in them. Click Ok until you are back at the Services window, close it and you're good to go. Go back into the properties of the "Print Spooler" tab and be sure to click Start to restart the Print Spooler service and it will restart the service immediately. The Print spooler depends on the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service. Is this service disabled? Go to services.msc look for RPC. Check state: Automatic Here are the drivers for your printer
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Other answers
If you enjoy tweaking your computer, then maybe you accidently ended the spooler in the task manager, or you prevented it from starting. If you havnt done so already. Restart your computer. If that dont work then maybe the spooler service is being kept from running run msconfig.exe and select the normal startup box and restart your computer. Hope that helps ---edit--- Lol richardj's answer seems better *try that first* :D
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