I can't print my documents after disabling a bunch of Windows services

[hkBattousai]

I have an old and low-performance laptop. It was working very slow and using too much CPU. I decided to turn off (disable) unnecessary services to give it a boost. And I did so; now my system works much faster. The complete and exact list of disabled services are listed below.

Application Management
Base Filtering Engine
    IPsec Policy Agent
    IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
Bonjour Service
Cryptographic Services
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
Diagnostic Policy Service
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol
    WLAN AutoConfig
Function Discovery Provider Host
    HomeGroup Provider
Function Discovery Resource Publication
Human Interface Device Access
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
IP Helper
Network Connections
Network List Service
Network Location Awareness
Offline Files
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
    Peer Networking Grouping
Peer Networking Identity Manager
Program Compatibility Assistant Service
Protected Storage
RtVOsdService Installer
Sandboxie Service
Security Center
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
SQL Server VSS Writer
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Themes
WebClient
Windows Font Cache Service
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0

(Note: The indented service names are dependent to the preceding ones in the list.)

I have been using my system for one or two months with those services disabled without any problem. Today, I tried to print an MS Word document into a PNG file. But I saw that no printers are listed. I clicked on the "Add Printer..." button and got this error message:

[File in the directory]
The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable.

Note: I don't have a physical printer, instead I have installed a virtual printing software called "PDF Creator", which prints documents to PDF or PNG files. It was working perfectly fine.

The problem is definitely due to those disabled services. It looks like I disabled a critical service among all those unnecessary ones. I really don't want to re-enable all those services one-by-one and try restart the system after each one. Can you please tell me which service is causing this problem?

Windows Version: 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Office Version: Professional Plus 2013

 

[hkBattousai]

I saw that the "Print Spooler" service was not running. I tried starting it. It wasn't disabled; it was in the "manual" mode. Once it started, I was able to print my document. I don't know why, but somehow, the programs are not able to manually start the Print Spooler service on their own. I will be glad if someone explains the reason for this.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Print Spooler service should have startup type=automatic
When I stop the service.... printer dialog doesn't popup so no job can be sent to printer queue.

 

[hkBattousai]

Can I make a simple .bat file which will start PS service when I run it? If yes, what commands should I write in it?

 

[Berton]

A service set to automatically start should be started after booting up or rebooting.

Some suggestions on the batch file question:
https://www.google.com/search?site=...true...0...1.1.60.hp..2.26.2982.0.1HxlzZtwrCY

 

[hkBattousai]

Would this work?

Toogle Print Spooler.bat

for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('sc query "Print Spooler" ^| findstr "STATE"')
do
(
    if /I "%%H" NEQ "RUNNING"
    (
        net start "Print Spooler"
    )
    else
    (
        net stop "Print Spooler"
    )
)

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