Managing services

Services

Use the following procedures to configure and manage services. For more information about services, open the Services utility and click Help.

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Starting services

You can start or restart the BARR SpoolCore service from the Spool Window's menu bar. Select Spool | Start BARR SpoolCore Service or Spool | Stop/Restart BARR SpoolCore Service as needed.

Use the following procedure to start a service.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the service you want to start, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.

  3. Close the utility.

Stopping services

You can stop the BARR SpoolCore service from the Spool Window's menu bar by selecting Spool | Stop BARR SpoolCore Service. Before you stop the BARR SpoolCore service, you must drain all printers to prevent jobs from being interrupted. To prevent documents from being routed if the BARR SpoolCore service is started inadvertently, enable the Stops All Printers mode.

When you stop the BARR SpoolCore service from the Services utility, you will be prompted to stop the BARR Print Utility service. When you restart the BARR SpoolCore service, the BARR Print Utility service will not automatically restart. You must start the BARR Print Utility service.

If the BARR SpoolCore service is stopped from the Services utility while the Spool Window is open, the Spool Window will automatically attempt to restart the BARR SpoolCore service.

Use the following procedure to stop a service. When you stop any of the spool services, you may receive a message that additional services will also be stopped. If you stop a service while data is being processed, a small amount of time is allowed to complete the processing. After the time-out period, processing is stopped, even if it is not complete, and jobs can be left in an unusable state. Services should only be stopped when no work is proceeding or the service is not responding correctly.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the service you want to stop, and then select Stop, or on the menu bar select Action | Stop.

  3. Close the utility.

Restarting services

You can start or restart the BARR SpoolCore service from the Spool Window's menu bar. Select Spool | Start BARR SpoolCore Service or Spool | Stop/Restart BARR SpoolCore Service as needed.

Use the following procedure to start a service.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the service you want to start, and then select Restart, or on the menu bar select Action | Restart.

  3. Close the utility.

Disabling services

Use the following procedure to disable a service.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the service you want to disable, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.

  3. On the General tab, from the Startup type drop-down list, select Manual.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Close the utility.

Configuring services to start automatically

You can configure services to start automatically when the computer they are installed on is started. Use the following procedure to configure services to start automatically.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.

  3. On the General tab, from the Startup type drop-down list, select Automatic. Click OK.

  4. Close the utility.

Configuring services to log on as a system account

The account type is specified during installation of the software. If you must change your account type, we recommend you uninstall and then reinstall the software selecting the appropriate account type.

If you are unable to uninstall and reinstall the software, you can also use one the following procedure to configure a service to log on as a system account.

  1. Open the Services utility.

  2. Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.

  3. On the Log On tab, under Log on as, select Local System account, and then click OK.

  4. Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.

  5. Close the utility.

Configuring services to log on as a user account

The account type is specified during installation of the software. If you must change your account type, we recommend you uninstall and then reinstall the software selecting the appropriate account type.

If you are unable to uninstall and reinstall the software, you can also use the following procedure to configure a service to log on as a user account.

  1. Add the user as a member of the Administrators group.

  2. Open the Services utility.

  3. Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.

  4. On the Log On tab, under Log on as, select This account, and then type the desired user name or click Browse to select a user.

  5. In the Password and Confirm Password boxes, type and confirm the user’s password, and then click OK.

  6. Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.

  7. Close the utility.

  8. If this is a network account, grant the user access to the service by setting up DCOM. If you are using the BARR Print Utility service to access network drives, you do not need to set up DCOM access.

  1. From the taskbar, click Start | Run.

  2. In the Open box, type dcomcnfg, and then click OK to run the Distributed COM Configuration Properties utility (DCOM).

  3. From the Applications tab, select the desired spool service, and then click Properties.

  4. From the Identity tab, select This user.

  5. Click Browse to select a user that is already defined, or define a new user by completing the User, Password, and Confirm Password boxes.

  6. Click OK twice.

  7. Restart the desired Barr service.