
Print spooler locks up on your PC, Surprise likely the printer is a HOST based printer. Likely the user printed a PDF or large document that locked it up.
Manual Solution: On the local PC, GOTO "services.msc" stop print spooler,
goto "c:\windows\system32\spool\printers" and delete the jobs and then GOTO
"services.msc" and start up Spooling service.
This is time consuming and I got sick of doing this on a daily basis because the client would not upgrade there printer to a non-host based printer.
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Always run unknown programs on a test machine before using on live PC's. Test this on a stand along PC or private test network. For stand alone PC you can type "localhost" to test the local pc if you want.
You will see command prompt "stopping print services, deleting jobs, starting print services"
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Program Details:
The program extracts to %temp% (Three files PSEXEC.exe & printrepair.cmd & RemoveNon.cmd)
You can check them for your testing.
The program runs RemoveNON.cmd
(This copies printrepair.cmd to the remote PC and runs it using psexec.exe)
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*** I did not pay for code signing ($179 per year) so your AV will complain this is a "Unknown Publisher" ***
I have included a link to my SKYDRIVE to download it.
Download: Remote Printer Repair Utility
Let me know what you think?
Manual Solution: On the local PC, GOTO "services.msc" stop print spooler,
goto "c:\windows\system32\spool\printers" and delete the jobs and then GOTO
"services.msc" and start up Spooling service.
This is time consuming and I got sick of doing this on a daily basis because the client would not upgrade there printer to a non-host based printer.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Always run unknown programs on a test machine before using on live PC's. Test this on a stand along PC or private test network. For stand alone PC you can type "localhost" to test the local pc if you want.
You will see command prompt "stopping print services, deleting jobs, starting print services"
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Program Details:
The program extracts to %temp% (Three files PSEXEC.exe & printrepair.cmd & RemoveNon.cmd)
You can check them for your testing.
The program runs RemoveNON.cmd
(This copies printrepair.cmd to the remote PC and runs it using psexec.exe)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*** I did not pay for code signing ($179 per year) so your AV will complain this is a "Unknown Publisher" ***
I have included a link to my SKYDRIVE to download it.
Download: Remote Printer Repair Utility
Let me know what you think?