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„Windows could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer. Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start

.“JKJkoryzna asked on November 28, 2009I was fiddling around with my Startup programs and now I have this error message:  „Windows could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.  Error 1068:  The dependency service or group failed to start.“  There is no printer listed anywhere and nothing works.

23 people had this question Me Too Reply Subscribe AnswerDavid Vinod replied on November 29, 2009Hi Jkoryzna, Thanks for choosing Microsoft Answers forum. To resolve the problem, fix the dependency information for the Spooler service.

Click Start, Run and type the following:
CMD /K SC CONFIG SPOOLER DEPEND= RPCSS
Alternately, to accomplish this using Registry Editor:
Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
Navigate to the following branch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Spooler
In the right-pane, double-click the DependOnService value
Delete the existing data, and then type RPCSS
Close Regedit.exe.
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