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google spoolsv.exe - tim's journal
spoolsv.exe hogging 99% of cpu - the fix
I came into lab to find the printer printing strange ASCII characters, one
line per page, and a basically inoperably slow PC. Checking Task Manager, I
found the culprit - one spoolsv.exe at 99% cpu which I killed. About 30
seconds later, the cpu was once again clogged by a revived app. Here's the
fix. First, get some breathing room - go to Control Panel, Administrative
Tools, Services and stop the Print Spooler. Turn off the printer. Now go to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete the files there. I found
'00020.SHD' and '00020.SPL'. Now turn your printer back on and restart the
service. Check task manager, spoolsv.exe should be at 00%. Whew!
Semi-update
I'm glad that this post has been of use to you. It drove me crazy too. In my
particular case the problems started occuring again after a couple days.
This happend because the 'bad' spooler files were coming from another
computer on the network. Once that person gave up printing that file, the
madness stopped. If you are on your own, chances are it is just a corrupt
print file that needs to be cleared out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Darke" <gdarke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "gh" <gregh163@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: Re[2]: Off Topic CPU usage
Hello gh,
Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 10:32:28 AM, you wrote:
gh> Hi list;
gh> Thanks to all who replied with so many good suggestions.
gh> under task manager, processes, there is a program called spoolsv.exe
gh> running at 99%. that no doubt is the culprit. I am presuming it
gh> belongs to the HP printer, but it says System after it and not
printer.
gh> Anyone have further suggestions as to what I should do from here.
how
gh> do I ask that file to stop working, just rename it ? I could
uninstall
gh> the printer again and see if that file disappears but maybe a lot of
gh> wasted work.
gh> since reinstalling the printer, at least, a computer is not crashing
gh> with the blue screen repeatedly.
Google is your friend. You may have a virus
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.ciadoor.b.html
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Regards,
Greg
"We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free
nations strive to resolve differences in peace." -- George W. Bush
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