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[Post New]08/04/2009 06:46:20
    Subject: [solved] Help ! Print spooler keep dying...
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Obelix
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Windows 2003 standard... list of printers vanish... add printer spits out error message which is expected cause the spooler service goes down after running like minutes.
rpc is running.
everything else is ok.
nothing suspicious on event viewer... or services...
won't even start in safe mode !

running out of dice here...
anybody ever run into same horror and survive ?

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[Post New]08/04/2009 08:30:48
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probably a printer driver issue, try renaming C:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 and create an empty one
then doing a net start spooler
if it stays running delete any listed printers and try re-adding them.
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[Post New]10/04/2009 04:59:34
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Thanks for the tip...
but it didn't work. Everytime I started the print & fax thing the spooler is dead.

upon minute to minute event log comparison I found something called "HP standard port monitoring" was succesfully installed. Nobody installed anything printer related the whole month !

And can't found anything like that on service or program list....

weird.

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[Post New]10/04/2009 06:09:07
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No error messages related to the spool service in the event viewer? Are the error messages enabled for the print server?
[Post New]10/04/2009 17:57:59
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try Uninstall ing HP printer software from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs
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[Post New]12/04/2009 21:29:15
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BOHF....
There was an error message but it just announcement of the unexpected failing print spooler (event id .
How do you mean enabling error message ? Is there a debug mode on event viewer for print spooler ?

Techguy...
There's no HP printer related program on that server. There's only HP insight, HP integrated mgmt and HP array config.
[Post New]13/04/2009 03:26:11
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you'll have to do it the hard way then;- http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/2003_Server/Q_21768885.html?eeSearch=true

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[Post New]13/04/2009 06:23:43
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Techguy...
I take your logic of copying and eliminating to the registry.

And I think I nailed it...

It's the printer bloody monitor (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors).
Soon as I wiped it out (after I backit up of course)... the add printer button came to life complete with the printers but they are still in offline mode.
All I have to do is export import the monitors till most of them are online, the rest I reinstal mimicing existing configuration.

So far the spooler has not been down yet.

By the way there's a tool called printer spooler fix which looks so promising but it's not free.
[Post New]13/04/2009 21:26:34
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been over a day...
I think that's it !

Many thanks techguy... BOHF...
*slight bow smile*

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