Spoolsv.exe running amok

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Uninstall your printer and see if the problem goes away. If it does, it's
usually an issue with the drivers...... look for updated drivers at the
printer manufacturer's website.

But ensure you uninstall completely.

http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm

Cari
www.coribright.com

"James Ryan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1752c01c41d98$39c45860$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a brand new system running Windows XP. After about
> two weeks I noticed that the performance on this system,
> with a Pentium 4-2.8GHz processor and 512MB RAM, is
> running slower than the ancient computer it replaced. I
> ran the Task Manager and saw that the spoolsv.exe program
> is taking 99% of system resources. In other words, the
> system is maxed out trying to run this program. I have
> tried setting the system back to a previous date before
> this problem happened, with no change. I ran Windows XP
> install to repair the OS, with no change.
>
> My "support" people at Dell are telling me to re-install
> the operating system. I'm not going to do this. Either
> they can replace this system or do it themselves. Does
> anybody know what might cause this problem?