Control Panel, System Properties, Printers not working

Hi Guys,

I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.

Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)

Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

"HHantu" <> wrote in message
news:ACD86F3B-A63B-407B-BF74-...
> Hi Guys,
>
> I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
> open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
> the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
> printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.
>
> Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
> teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
> anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
> new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
> my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

Check under "Services" to make sure "Software Licensing"
is started and set to Automatic.

You can type or copy/paste "services.msc" into the Start/Orb Menu's Search Bar,
right-click the result and click "Run as Administrator".


-Michael

"MICHAEL" wrote:

> "HHantu" <> wrote in message
> news:ACD86F3B-A63B-407B-BF74-...
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
> > open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
> > the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
> > printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.
> >
> > Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
> > teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
> > anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
> > new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
> > my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
>
> Check under "Services" to make sure "Software Licensing"
> is started and set to Automatic.
>
> You can type or copy/paste "services.msc" into the Start/Orb Menu's Search Bar,
> right-click the result and click "Run as Administrator".
>
>
> -Michael
>
>

Hi Michael i ran the Services app from the admin sub-menu and the software
licensing is started and is on auto

anything else i can do. for now i will stop it and restart it and see if
that works.

Yes. Back up all your data if you are going to do a clean install.

"HHantu" wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
> open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
> the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
> printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.
>
> Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
> teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
> anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
> new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
> my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

"HHantu" <> wrote in message
news:8499943C-381B-4594-8339-...
>
>
> "MICHAEL" wrote:
>
>> "HHantu" <> wrote in message
>> news:ACD86F3B-A63B-407B-BF74-...
>> > Hi Guys,
>> >
>> > I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
>> > open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
>> > the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
>> > printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.
>> >
>> > Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
>> > teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
>> > anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
>> > new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
>> > my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)
>> >
>> > Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
>>
>> Check under "Services" to make sure "Software Licensing"
>> is started and set to Automatic.
>>
>> You can type or copy/paste "services.msc" into the Start/Orb Menu's Search Bar,
>> right-click the result and click "Run as Administrator".

> Hi Michael i ran the Services app from the admin sub-menu and the software
> licensing is started and is on auto
>
> anything else i can do. for now i will stop it and restart it and see if
> that works.

Have you tried restarting your computer?

Sometimes, a simple reboot will "fix" an issue.


-Michael

Hi Michael

Manually stopping and starting the S/W Licensing worked. Thanks heaps!

"MICHAEL" wrote:

> "HHantu" <> wrote in message
> news:8499943C-381B-4594-8339-...
> >
> >
> > "MICHAEL" wrote:
> >
> >> "HHantu" <> wrote in message
> >> news:ACD86F3B-A63B-407B-BF74-...
> >> > Hi Guys,
> >> >
> >> > I havent installed anything lately on my PC but for some reason now i cant
> >> > open control panel through the windows menu .. i can however access it via
> >> > the explorer method. The same problem exists with my system properties and
> >> > printers. I can see all the printers but i cant print any documents anymore.
> >> >
> >> > Any clues on what might have happened to my Vista OS (ultimate)? I've been
> >> > teetering on using hte system restore but im thinking that it wont do
> >> > anything since i havent changed anything lately. Also pondering on a fresh
> >> > new install .. but that is such a pain .. and im not sure if i will lose all
> >> > my documents in a fresh install. (windows will reformat the HD right?)
> >> >
> >> > Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Check under "Services" to make sure "Software Licensing"
> >> is started and set to Automatic.
> >>
> >> You can type or copy/paste "services.msc" into the Start/Orb Menu's Search Bar,
> >> right-click the result and click "Run as Administrator".
>
> > Hi Michael i ran the Services app from the admin sub-menu and the software
> > licensing is started and is on auto
> >
> > anything else i can do. for now i will stop it and restart it and see if
> > that works.
>
> Have you tried restarting your computer?
>
> Sometimes, a simple reboot will "fix" an issue.
>
>
> -Michael
>
>