spool32 errors

You might want to check your machine for the Nimda virus, especially if you get the errors printing from a microsoft product. Check out housecall.antivirus.com . If that isn't the problem check out microsofts support site.

Spool 32 errors are usually problems with the printer driver. Try getting the latest drivers for you printer. (If you have more than one printer, remove all but one and see if the errors are gone.)

To really help, I would need to know what OS, and printers you have installed.

You might want to look for some orphan files in your spool directory. Usually C:\WINNT\system32\spool\prtprocs\w32x86.

cray above hit the nail on the head but to go a little more in-depth go to start settings printers
click on printing preferencesyoull see a button for new drivers these arnt extra drivers these are so you can print to different machines across a network look for your version of printer in the selection list the driver you want is most likely the plc version of your printer!:-)

We were getting a rash of these errors on our network. This was caused by McAffe VShield conflicting with Spool32.exe on our Win98se computers. Microsoft advised us to replace Spool32.exe with the SpoolSS.exe from Windows ME!?
We tried this and whaddya know, it works!

If you need a quick, temporary fix to keep the users in business, or if all else fails, go into the driver settings and turn off sppoling - select "print directly to printer." Sorry, but without knowing what system you have, I can't be more specific.
Also, Older version of Norton Antivirus caused this problem, as well as McAfee

In my experience having had dozens of machines with spool32 problems (especially with mcAfee) these are the ONLY solutions that work:
Windows 95
Update the SPOOLSS.DLL file in the \Windows\System directory. For Windows 95 the original version should be 4.00.950, it should be replaced with 4.03.1212 or higher. This file is available from Microsoft support and is also included with later releases of Windows 95. You may have this file on another Windows 95 system. Check the file version of theSPOOLSS.DLL file by right clicking on it, select properties and then selecting the version tab.

Windows 98
Update the SPOOLSS.DLL file in the \Windows\System directory. Microsoft has not released an updated DLL for Windows 98. However Network Associates have tested the SPOOLSS.DLL file from Windows Millennium Edition (version 4.90.0.3000) on Windows 98 (and 98SE) and found that is file not only functions properly but also resolves nearly all Spool32 invalid page fault errors.

Here are the web site, read this breifly and you can find the answer to your question..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q191949

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