Looking to disable the print spooler service? Windows 10 runs the service to keep your printing and faxing jobs running smoothly, but there may be reasons you need it stopped. We’ll show you how you can do it. One cause for some people disabling the service is the rise of the PrintNightmare vulnerability that can let hackers take over and remotely control PCs. While … [Read more...] about How to Disable the Print Spooler Service on Windows 10
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Microsoft shares guidance on new Windows Print Spooler vulnerability
Microsoft is sharing mitigation guidance on a new Windows Print Spooler vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-34481 that was disclosed tonight. Microsoft released an advisory Thursday night for a new CVE-2021-34481 elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler that Dragos security researcher Jacob Baines discovered. Unlike the recently patched … [Read more...] about Microsoft shares guidance on new Windows Print Spooler vulnerability
Yet another Print Spooler vulnerability found in Windows
It’s been a rough couple of weeks in the world of Windows 10 security vulnerabilities. A print spooler issue called PrintNightmare was exposed by a group that thought it was already patched. Microsoft issued an out-of-band patch to fix it. The only problem was that the cumulative update didn’t actually fix it properly. Now, there’s another Windows Print Spooler vulnerability … [Read more...] about Yet another Print Spooler vulnerability found in Windows
Print Spooler Service Error 1068, The dependency service or group failed to start
The Print Spooler Service in the Windows operating system is responsible for managing all print jobs and handles interaction with the printer, and if it ceases to run, you would be unable to print anything from your system. In such a situation, you should try restarting the Print Spooler service. To do so, open Windows Services Manager and locate the Print Spooler … [Read more...] about Print Spooler Service Error 1068, The dependency service or group failed to start
Microsoft has fixed Print Spooler issues in Windows 10 version 2004
As you may remember, quickly after making Windows 10 version 2004 Microsoft has updated its list of known issues, revealing that the OS may fail to print documents due to the broken print spooler component. The issue has been fixed today with a number of patches released via the Windows Update catalog website. Actually, the print spooler issue is not exclusive to Windows 10 … [Read more...] about Microsoft has fixed Print Spooler issues in Windows 10 version 2004