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by troeteltjie

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I have an error message coming up on my computer. It says spoolsv.exe has caused an error and Windows will close it. Since this problem came up, I cannot use my printer or send faxes. Please advise.

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by thamer

Someone suggested this tip ... and it seems to do the magic.

Perform the following steps:
-Double-click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop.
-Double-click the C: drive.
-Locate and double-click each of the following folders:
WINNTSYSTEM32
SPOOL
PRINTERS
-Select and then delete all the files located in the PRINTERS folder.
-Click the Start button, click Shut Down, click Restart, and then click OK.

Your printers should appear as normal upon reboot.

by habscandan

I was having the same problem...sloooooow computer. Followed these instruction exactly and voila, speed once again!

Thanks Thamer

by habscandan

I was having the same problem...sloooooow computer. Followed these instruction exactly and voila, speed once again!

Thanks Thamer

by barney1

I have the same failure and there is no direct printer connection to this Laptop, just a common network printer.
I could not fix the problem so I put a shortcut* on the desktop to spoolsv.exe. My failures were mainly at startup. If I restart spoolsv from the shortcut it will continue to work until I reboot.

* C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

by murala_kirankumar

when i am trying to send or reply mail from outlook system hangs up and the cpu raises to 99% i also deleted the files from windows\spool\printers but still i am facing the same prob plze resolve my problem..

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