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spoolsv.exe process is running all the time and wasting 50% CPU's power (one of two cores).

Anonymous
2009-12-14T08:06:40+00:00

I've found that spoolsv.exe is accorded to printing. When this process is killed or service "Printing cache/buffor" is stopped, printing is impossible. I tried to switch automatic initialization to manual (in services.msc), but this process doesn't start even I ask any application to print.

spoolsv.exe takes all power of one core from mu CPU (core 2 duo). I've got Windows 7 Professional x86 Polish. I attached some screenshoots that could be helpful. Sorry for my poor english.

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Anonymous
2009-12-14T11:21:24+00:00

Hey 

Yeah Spoolsv.exe is a service that Uses a lot of cache even when its not required.

Here is a fix for that :->

  1. Go to StartSettings and click Control Panel
  2. In the Control Panel window, first double-click on Administrative Tools and then on Services.
  3. In the right pane of the Services window locate and right-click on Print Spooler and then select Stop.
  4. After you have stopped this process, leave the Service window open. Now open My Computer and navigate to the following folder.

c:\windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS- in Windows Vista, XP, 98/95/ME

or

c:\winnt\system32\spool\PRINTERS- in Windows NT\2000 5. Delete all the files in the Printers folder. After deleting the files in this folder, go back to Services window, right-click on Print Spooler, and then select startto re-enable the service.

I hope this will help

Via http://www.exe-error-fixes.com/deal-high-cpu-usage-spoolsvexe-problem/

Regards..


Vipul Taneja |www.vipultaneja.com

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-05T21:58:35+00:00

    Right - old posts should be locked after a period of inactivity to keep stuff like this from happening but the forum "owners" don't seem to know how to do stuff like that.

    I don't think anybody will criticize for posting a new topic about an issue that has been posted before.  It happens all the time and should be expected.  They might refer you to a previously posted topic if the issue sounds similar.  I think it is better (most of the time) to treat every new topic as a new case to solve.

    It is well know fact that the MS Answers community is polluted with thousands and thousands and thousands of "Answers" that are not the answer.  Many are ridiculous, impossible to work and not even close to being the answer.  This is because the forum "owners" allow their alleged Support Engineer "experts" to mark replies from other "experts" as the answer when the reply is impossible to be the answer.  This is called "answer marking nepotism" and is rampant in MS Answers.

    Like my counter-productive, condescending, and obnoxious reply said, if you want somebody to help you with your issue you need to start a new topic.  As you can see nobody is even trying to help with this old topic.

    I can be pretty sure that only you are going to know what "spool problems" means, what "chaos" means, and what "uninstallable completely" means so if you want replies that are going to be helpful you need to try to explain things with a bit more clarity.

    Would you go to your car mechanic and say your car has "problems" runs like "chaos" and expect them to be able to fix your problem with just that information?

    Would you go to your doctor and say you have "problems" and feel like "chaos" and expect them to write you a prescription to fix your problems and chaos without them even asking you what you are talking about?

    Maybe you would to that and expect a resolution but that is not how things work on the planet called Earth.

    You are very unlikely to get satisfaction and after you waste time with more visits you might consider another mechanic or doctor when the problem is not with the people providing the service - the problem is you have not articulated your problems clearly or the provider did not bother do ask the right questions to get to the bottom of the issue.

    I understand very well how this forum works and it is pretty messed up in many areas because the folks that run it are not problem solvers or troubleshooters.  If they were they would have addressed these issues by now but Microsoft seems to have the wrong people behind the wheel of MS Answers.

    For some reason you have an Insider badge so I would think that means you must have some knowledge of how to solve problems and how the MS Answers community works.

    But I see you are already pursing your issue in a fresh (new) topic here:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/a-program-running-on-this-computer-is-trying-to/2bae7b65-6440-4882-b756-57c357a5a5e3

    I don't see any criticism about posting a new topic and you have provided a few more details so maybe that will work out.

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-14T12:39:41+00:00

    Any time brother.

    This guy is at your service always.And it wasnt that hard finding it on net. :) :) :)

    Please mark the vote as helpful if it was...:)


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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-14T11:38:26+00:00

    Greetings, Vipul.

    I've searched the net for solution with no result. I don't know how you found it, but it works :-D

    And spoolsv.exe is now transparent, 99% of CPU is free.

    Thank you very much!

    Kind regards,

    Zbigniew Wyrwich

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-03-04T10:49:54+00:00

    Vipal's method did not work for me.

    However, I found that if you uninstall all your printers and reinstall the only ones you need using the most up to date drivers then that solves the problem.

    I don't know why, but it did.

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