Print Spooler server Error

[Guest]

Recently my laptop refuses to go into standby mode. If I close the lid to put
it into standby I get a message that says "Print Spooler Server is preventing
machine entering standby mode. Please close print Spooler.exe and try again"
If I look at all running services, it's true the print spool server exe file
is still showin as using 50% resources, if i close that service the computer
will enter standby mode as asked, but that is pretty inconvenient. Can anyone
tell me why this has suddenly happened (laptop is about 10 months old) is an
Acer Aspire 5630 and I'm using XP Windows media edition which came with the
laptop. Everything else is okay. All actual printing on this computer is done
via home wireless network.
thanks

 

[V Green]

Probably another poorly-tested Windows Update.

Try rolling back if you can and see if the problem
goes away.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the speedy reply - do you mean by using the 'restore' option,
because to be frank I've never had any success with that - it's always failed
to work properly.
Or were you referring to something else

 

[V Green]

See:

Start>>Help & Support>>Fixing a Problem>>
scroll down to Using System Restore to Undo Changes

I know it's unreliable, but it's perhaps worth a try. Back up
first in case a Restore renders the system unbootable.

Alternatively, you can see which Windows Updates were
recently installed and uninstall them one at a time, checking
to see if your problem is resolved.

 

[Unknown]

That is an extremely negative attitude on Microsoft considering that almost
every update failure or update causing a problem is caused by a
non-Microsoft program. I.E. Spyware, malware and/or virus scanning
programs.

 

[V Green]

That is an extremely negative attitude on Microsoft considering that almost
every update failure or update causing a problem is caused by a
non-Microsoft program. I.E. Spyware, malware and/or virus scanning
programs.

Damn straight it is.

And for good reason.

Do a little research on the patches for the patches
that hosed users' machines. It happens all too often -
even once is too much.

And the way that the OS bitches about Auto Updates
being turned off makes most users just give in and let
the updates happen.

Some of us don't like being unwitting beta testers for
Windows Update. We have work to do, our machines
need to be STABLE.

How would you feel about it if you applied all the
latest patches (in the proper manner) and something
critical did not work afterward? My guess is that you
would NOT be praising MS...

 

[Unknown]

I have every update installed. Never had a problem with any one of them.
Once again you are negative against Microsoft
but fail to see the true cause of the problems. It is also very obvious you
never did any programming.

 

[V Green]

I have every update installed. Never had a problem with any one of them.
Once again you are negative against Microsoft
but fail to see the true cause of the problems. It is also very obvious you
never did any programming.

Wow, lots of quantum leaps there...are
you psychic or something (or maybe you own
a bunch of MS stock)?

You are an idiot, and I will no longer continue
this thread with you.

 

[Unknown]

Your personality to a T. Highly emotional, very negative, and when faced,
reverts to insults.