3 Ways to Enable or Disable the Print Spooler Service in Windows
The Print Spooler in Windows holds printing jobs in memory until you or the printer is ready. You may find situations where you need to start and stop the print spooler temporarily. If you're having problems, you might consider resetting and clearing the print spooler.
Video tutorial:
1: How to Enable or Disable Print Spooler Service - Services
Press the Windows Key + R, type in services.msc, and press Enter.
Double-click on Print Spooler.
Click on Start or Stop.
2: How to Enable or Disable Print Spooler Service - Command Prompt
Stop: net stop spooler If you want to clear the print spooler, type in DEL /F /S /Q %systemroot%\System32\spool\PRINTERS\* now. Start: net start spooler
3: How to Enable or Disable Print Spooler Service - System Configuration
Press the Windows Key + R, type in msconfig, and press Enter.
Click on the Services tab.
Find Print Spooler. Clicking once on Service will list alphabetically.
Check the box next to Print Spooler and click on OK.