Microsoft Windows – Spooler Service – Error 1068 “The dependency service or group failed to start”

Symptoms

When you attempt to start the Print Spooler service (using Services.msc), one of the following error messages may appear and the Spooler service does not start:

Could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.
Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.
Could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.
Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.

The event log may display the following messages:

Resolution

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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