I am running windows 7 32bit
Print spooler has continued to be unavailable, when i start it manually and try to refresh the devices/printers page it stops..
error code 7031 or 7034 print spooler has terminated unexpectedly (in event viewer)
I have searched online and found a ton of things, I have tried the following:
I have tried using a differnt user profile, no change
i have tried 8 different restore points going back 3 months.. no change
i deleted all files in c:\windows\system32\spooler\PRINTERS
I deleted all filed in c:\windows\systerm32\spooler\drivers
I edited the registry in hkey-local\system current-control-set\control\print\environments\winNT x86\version3 (deleted all subkeys)
I am about to reimage the system at this point but i wanted to post this as a last chance since a re-image and app reinstall, and domain setups would take at least 10 hours i am hoping someone can help, since it was printing just 2 days ago.. the only thing that was done was a network printer was installed, but at this point all printers and drivers have been removed by the above mentioned methods.