SP2 -> SP1 Spooler

[TomC]

I am having problems with slow file opening and slow network printer
properties display on an XP Pro computer with SP2 installed. This problem
started recently, and I believe that installing SP2 may have caused it.

The slow file opening is completely eliminated by disabling the printer
spooler service, but this disables network printing. I am tempted to try
replacing the SP2 spoolss.dll with the SP1 version. Will this cause
problems? Should I replace other files at the same time?

Thanks.

 

[TomC]

I'll partly answer my own question.

XP Pro would not allow me to replace the SP2 version of spoolss.dll with the
SP1 version. After I tried it, my installed printers disappeared.
I have still not solved the problem.

 

[Guest]

i had some luck disabling the netbios in tcp/ip advanced wins. it may limit
your access to the network, but it seems to fix the slow printing dialog and
property boxes

 

[TomC]

Thanks very much for responding. As you say, it might limit network access
(to the Samba domain) but I'll try it.

TomC

 

[TomC]

BCY1;

I tried it. It knocked out communication with the printer entirely. When I
rebooted, the on board networking (the Marvell gigabit on an Asus A7N8X-E
Deluxe mobo) had somehow been uninstalled, and this knocked out access to
the Internet across the LAN, so XP Pro could not find the driver online. I
eventually got it back up.

Well, it sounded like a good idea.

TomC