Print Spooling Service Stops Running

MichaelJ11MichaelJ11
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
I need help figuring out how to tackle this problem. At any given moment during the day, the print spooling service on the windows 2000 server stops running, which requires me to restart it otherwise no network printers will print. What may be a reason why the spooling service stops on its own and how can I fix that??

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  • MackanzMackanz
    edited July 2004
    Go to the services and stop the service manually. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete all entrys, reinstall the printer again.

    That's the best shot i can give for now, but i'm still looking :)
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited July 2004
    Are there printers sitting around inactive our out of paper for a long time? That can also stop the service from running the printer times out due to extended inactivity and that can shut down the print server.
  • MichaelJ11MichaelJ11
    edited July 2004
    There were some inactive computers running, but I deleted them. So far, so gpod since I last posted. Also, I moved the spooling folder to a different hard drive so it can eat up all the space it wants. It was sitting on the C:/ where there is only a little more than a gig of free space. Hopefully that helps also.

    Thanks guys!
  • MackanzMackanz
    edited July 2004
    Sounds harsch doesn't it? "I deleted a few computers". LOL.
    I'm glad you got it sorted Michael. Welcome to Icrontic. First beer is on me :)
  • MichaelJ11MichaelJ11
    edited July 2004
    Oops... Did I say computers?? Meant printers. :-)

    Budweiser for me.
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