The print spooler application manages the print jobs on your computer, so if it stops running, the printer will not work either. This typically happens if something goes wrong with a print job.

Restarting the spooler, apart from not being able to print during this time, "shouldn't" break anything. I think the fax service relies on the print spooler.

The spooler on our print server crashed and restarted itself this morning. Users were getting printing errors until I went into every Citrix server and manually restarted the print spooler service ...

Why Would Print Spooler Not Start Automatically?. The Windows computers in your business print documents with the help of the Print Spooler, which is a program built into the Windows operating system.

Business Technology Restarting Print Spooler should free up a print-job logjam Originally published July 13, 2018 at 1:32 pm Updated July 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm ...

Microsoft is warning Windows users of yet another Print Spooler vulnerability, again threatening the potential for hackers to take control of your PC, install apps, and steal or delete data. It's ...

PrintNightmare is the name for "Critical"-rated Windows print spooler flaws that can enable remote code execution attacks with system privileges.

Another zero day vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler can give a threat actor administrative privileges on a Windows machine through a remote server under the attacker's control and the 'Queue ...

Microsoft on Wednesday published a 'Security Update Guide' notice on another Windows print spooler vulnerability, namely CVE-2021-36958.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Print Spooler security is turning into a headache for the company and its customers. "A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service ...