Was someone tinkering with your PC or did it suffer some malware or other infection?
http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-8-service-configurations/ has Black Viper continuing his fine contribution to the documentation.
Bob
Hi All,
I am running Microsoft 8 on a Toshiba Satellite L875D-S7332 laptop with an HP Officejet Pro 8600 printer operating wirelessly.
I am having trouble printing and I am getting messages that the printer is not ready or the printer is in an error state. I called Hewlitt Packard and they connected online to my computer. The technician told me that many of the Microsoft Services were disabled.
Please help me solve this problem.
Thank you,
Bob

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