Print Spooler

[Ron]

Any ideas on why my terminal server print spooler service
would consume 20-25% processor resources with only about
15 people logged on? When this server first went up, the
whole thing ran at about 4-10% average use on the
processors with 35+ logged in. Twin Xeon 3Ghz box w/4GB
RAM running W2K server(SP4+all upgrades). Anyone seen
this before? TIA Ron

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Do you have this pre-SP5 hotfix installed?

822834 - Spooler Failure Causes High CPU Usage in the Winlogon.exe
and Spoolsv.exe Processes on a Windows 2000 Terminal Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822834

 

[Ron]

No I sure don't. Thanks for the pointer. IT is saying
exactly what is going on on my TS. Thanks, again. Ron

 

[HisNameWasRobertPaulson]

Any 3rd party print drivers installed?? That will do it! (Try a PS driver instead.)

Also, you may want to check this article:
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822834>

-Mike