How to reset win7 print subsystem

The failure of the printer is definitely a big deal, but sometimes the printer is driving everything. Where is the problem? Today, let's take a look at a trick under the Windows
7 system to solve common printer problems by resetting the win7 print subsystem.

But the office family Xiaobian has to explain in advance that everyone must do a backup job in advance. Of course, there is no need to back up all the registry, just back up the registry node in the modification of this article.

Operation Steps

Log in to the system as an administrator. Click Start -> Run, type “regedit.exe”, click OK.

Expand to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print, click Registry -> Export Registry File from the menu. If you have mishandled the registry, you can double-click the exported file to import it.

Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Environment\\Windows NT x86\\Drivers and remove the Version-2 and Version-3 subkeys. If you only have Version-3, just delete the subkey of Version-3.

Delete any subkeys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Printers (do not delete Printers itself) Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Environment\\Windows NT x86\\PrintProcessors, delete any Subkeys that are not the following key values: winprin expands to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Providers, deletes any subkeys that are not the following key values:

Internet Print ProviderLanMan Print Services expands to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\ CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Monitors, delete any subkeys that are not the following key values:

BJ Language MonitorLocal Port Microsoft Document Imaging Writer MonitorPJL Language MonitorStandard TCP/IP PortUSB Monitor Windows NT Fax Monitor AppleTalk Printing Devices LPR PortMicrosoft Shared Fax MonitorWSD Port Close Registry Editor deletes any files and subfolders in the following folder:

C:\\Windows\\system32\\spool\\drivers\\w32x86\\2C:\\Windows\\system32\\spool\\drivers\\w32x86\\3

If only C:\\Windows \\system32\\spool\\drivers\\w32x86\\3, just delete it and ——

Restart the computer and test the printer.

Then, basically all the common faults can be successfully checked, I hope you can use this method to completely solve the printer strike problem. Of course, this is not only applicable to Win7 systems, XP or Vista systems.