Friday, February 13, 2009

When Spoolers Get Spooky: What to do when printing becomes irritating

Spoolers are supposed to be programs that control the queuing of computing jobs. Most, if not all, operating systems have integrated spooler systems including those that are supposed to take care of document printing tasks. Working with spoolers should be rather easy as they would allow you to cancel print jobs or change document printing sequences.

There are, however, several malicious programs that come in the form of legal spooler subsystem applications which could cause havoc to what is supposed to be an easy task. The installation of printer drivers that have errors or bugs or may probably be incompatible to some programs that have already been installed in your computer system.

Based on the definition of its function, the spooler allows for different computers to make use of one printer at the same time. Thus, when the spooler service is stopped, it would follow that your printer would be as good as dysfunctional. The spools.exe service should always be running when printing jobs are being done. However, this service could, at times, be stopped accidentally. One reason could be that a number of printers are being installed all at the same time using the Windows Vista operating system. Another would be if your system gets infected with the spoolso.exe virus. When this happens, be sure to have your system scanned by an updated anti virus program. Spooler problems can also be addressed by having your printer spooling drivers reinstalled. It must be important to remember however that when you are trying to address spooler concerns, you would need to clear your printer's job queue first. If and when worst comes to worst, you may always contact the nearest IT equipment solutions provider nearest you and get professional help. There are always good computer service providers who are willing to help you with whatever it is that you need.

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