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spoolsv.exe, this thing is the devil!!!!!!

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djs1w

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I can't print, add a printer, open the printer folders without my win2k machine locking up. I don't get any error messages, just lockups, nothing in the event viewer either. Once I try to print something, the spoolsv.exe service takes off and slowly starts eating up all the memory and processor.

I've installed SP2 and it didn't work. I'm kinda stumped here because I don't get any error messages or anything 🙁 Did a quick search within the knowledge base with no luck.

Anyone had a similiar problem?!? Thanks in advance for any replies.

dj
 
That can be a condition of your printer and printer driver software. If you want any help your gonna have to let us know what printer your using.
 
actually when i had a logitech mouse and the older mouseware software is would mess with my spoolsv.exe. Also, scan for viruses
 
printer is an HP Laserjet 5si. I'm just using the default driver that came with win2k. Other people are printing to the same printer, same setup, no problems.

I don't think it's the mouse software because it's been working for quite sometime.
 
yeah I saw that article but we aren't using Bitware and I don't get any error messages like Q257859 suggests. I even double checked his machine and a few others to make sure the mentioned .exe's were not running. *shrug* I'm about to run my head through a wall 🙁
 
I'm working on a W2K box at work and I have a similar problem. When I boot with spoolsv.exe set up to run it starts hogging mem and cpu usage. If I tell it not to start up and then I start spoolsv.exe manually the machine runs fine. However I'm not using any printers whatsoever, I just started loading this from scratch and was experiencing lock ups and found this to be the problem.

Potential Causes?
-DVD Drive
-CDRW Drive
-Dual PIII Processors
-36G SCSI Quantum Atlas
-GF2 GTS
-Novell Client 4.8 for W2K


Help?????????????

ps. i read the article neither of those are runing in the background.😕
 
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