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Hi, Im having a litle big problem with one of our PCs. The bad thing is, we have more than 150 PCs here and this one is from one of our developpers and not-so-easy to just make new. Since 4 days now, whenever the computer is booted, it comes up again and is sloooooow like a slug. Looking at the process list, I see the spoolsv.exe with something in between 97 and 100% CPU usage. The only way to make the computer work normal again is to shut down the Print Spooler Service. But unfortunately then the guy isn't able to print :-( I have enabled him to start & stop the service manually, but that'S not really a solution. Has anyone had this problem already or have an Idea how to solve it? The PCs are Pentium IV with 1 Gig of Mem, 40 Gig HDD, Win XP SP1 (and I'm not allowed to install SP2) |
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"Paddi_WLBI" <Paddi_WLBI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D6E5400-E891-4563-B450-0FB24162D85E@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > Im having a litle big problem with one of our PCs. > The bad thing is, we have more than 150 PCs here and this one is from one > of > our developpers and not-so-easy to just make new. > Since 4 days now, whenever the computer is booted, it comes up again and > is > sloooooow like a slug. Looking at the process list, I see the spoolsv.exe > with something in between 97 and 100% CPU usage. > > The only way to make the computer work normal again is to shut down the > Print Spooler Service. But unfortunately then the guy isn't able to print > :-( > > I have enabled him to start & stop the service manually, but that'S not > really a solution. > > Has anyone had this problem already or have an Idea how to solve it? > > The PCs are Pentium IV with 1 Gig of Mem, 40 Gig HDD, Win XP SP1 (and I'm > not allowed to install SP2) Take a look in Control Panel\Printers, make sure there aren't any documents stuck in the print queue rgds Roberto |
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look at this site http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1084676549 -or- i have this problem to, in my case it was a tojaner, i catched it with spybot and HijackThis, so try this! -or- try to delete all printers and reinstall it -or- search for newer drivers for your printers, -or- look an the spool directory, if there are any files! "Paddi_WLBI" wrote: > Hi, > > Im having a litle big problem with one of our PCs. > The bad thing is, we have more than 150 PCs here and this one is from one of > our developpers and not-so-easy to just make new. > Since 4 days now, whenever the computer is booted, it comes up again and is > sloooooow like a slug. Looking at the process list, I see the spoolsv.exe > with something in between 97 and 100% CPU usage. > > The only way to make the computer work normal again is to shut down the > Print Spooler Service. But unfortunately then the guy isn't able to print :-( > > I have enabled him to start & stop the service manually, but that'S not > really a solution. > > Has anyone had this problem already or have an Idea how to solve it? > > The PCs are Pentium IV with 1 Gig of Mem, 40 Gig HDD, Win XP SP1 (and I'm > not allowed to install SP2) |
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I would - 1. Delete all his printers 2. Delete all his print drivers - ensure they are removed from the spool directory and registry. 3. Delete all third party print processors - i.e. everything but winprint Restart the computer and verify that everything works normally. If so, add his printers back one at a time, using the Microsoft available print drivers when possible, if not, go to the manufacturer website and download the latest. SeidlM wrote: > look at this site http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1084676549 > -or- > i have this problem to, in my case it was a tojaner, i catched it with > spybot and HijackThis, so try this! > try to delete all printers and reinstall it > search for newer drivers for your printers, > look an the spool directory, if there are any files! > > "Paddi_WLBI" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Im having a litle big problem with one of our PCs. > > The bad thing is, we have more than 150 PCs here and this one is from one of > > our developpers and not-so-easy to just make new. > > Since 4 days now, whenever the computer is booted, it comes up again and is > > sloooooow like a slug. Looking at the process list, I see the spoolsv.exe > > with something in between 97 and 100% CPU usage. > > > > The only way to make the computer work normal again is to shut down the > > Print Spooler Service. But unfortunately then the guy isn't able to print :-( > > > > I have enabled him to start & stop the service manually, but that'S not > > really a solution. > > > > Has anyone had this problem already or have an Idea how to solve it? > > > > The PCs are Pentium IV with 1 Gig of Mem, 40 Gig HDD, Win XP SP1 (and I'm > > not allowed to install SP2) |
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Printer drivers are corrupted on that PC. Uninstall and reinstall the printer. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Paddi_WLBI" <Paddi_WLBI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D6E5400-E891-4563-B450-0FB24162D85E@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > Im having a litle big problem with one of our PCs. > The bad thing is, we have more than 150 PCs here and this one is from one > of > our developpers and not-so-easy to just make new. > Since 4 days now, whenever the computer is booted, it comes up again and > is > sloooooow like a slug. Looking at the process list, I see the spoolsv.exe > with something in between 97 and 100% CPU usage. > > The only way to make the computer work normal again is to shut down the > Print Spooler Service. But unfortunately then the guy isn't able to print > :-( > > I have enabled him to start & stop the service manually, but that'S not > really a solution. > > Has anyone had this problem already or have an Idea how to solve it? > > The PCs are Pentium IV with 1 Gig of Mem, 40 Gig HDD, Win XP SP1 (and I'm > not allowed to install SP2) |
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