Print Spooler Shutdown at printer installation or use.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Printer spooler crashes are nearly always caused by corrupted printer
drivers.

You might try totally cleaning up the spooler...
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/Cl [...] rivers.htm
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"frustardo" <frustardo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9BC2625C-B01D-405C-80E0-ED4263433DF7@microsoft.com...
>I have installed XP Pro and SP2 + all recent updates from Windows Update.
>
> When I try to install a printer, USB or network, the print spooler will
> generates an error... and then the RPC gives an error. The installation
> fails. We had another printer previously and it could be installed but
> when
> used it generated the same errors, thus the spooler shutdown.
> The strange thing is that the PC that had the older printer, with this
> problem, also has an another printer installed, but it works fine, until
> the
> splooler crashes that is.
>
> As a extra twist to the whole thing is that I have installed a few new
> Laptops with about the same procedure: first XP +SP2 + Windows Updates +
> Office and other programs AND then found out that the "Print Spooler" has
> failed from the start... with no aparent reason?!
>
> I have searched all-around but found nothing similar, execpt one question
> in
> these groups, and would appreciate if anyone has some ideas to "zap" the
> Spooler!?
>
> --
> Whopdi Do Basil ,but what does it mean?