Dan Rhoads
May 22nd 04, 02:39 AM
I am having the same problem with spoolsv.exe. It uses
98% of my CPU and makes the system run very slow. I have
two printers, Epson stylus color 800 and Epson Stylus
Photo 2200. The problem started about a month ago, long
after I installed the printers. I have spent about two
hours on the phone with Dell. They gave up and told me
to reinstall Windows XP.
>-----Original Message-----
>I can't be sure but I think this problem started after I
>installed a USB 2.0 card on my XP system. My printer is
>an older EPSON C80 and always worked fine.. it still
>prints great! now every time I boot -- even If I don't
>print, spoolsv.exe is running as a system process. on a
>normal system this would only become active during a
>print process and lay idle using 0 - 2 CPU processes. My
>spoolsv.exe is running at 50 - 75 percent of the CPU and
>won't give it up even if I uninstall the printer. I have
>to kill the process 6 - 7 time before it will stay
>killed. Of course at that point the printer
>is "uninstalled" and you can no longer print until you
re-
>boot.
>
>Has anyone had this experience;? if so what is causing
>this? I've re-service pack 1 the system. I have the
>latest virus scan dat and engine. used adaware and
trojan
>hunter but the system is clean. the only reference I've
>come across related to spoolsv.exe using excess CPU
>process time is when it fails to keep in communication
>with windows terminal server on a win 2k system. This is
>not the case on my system. any help would be appreciated.
>
>-Nick
>.
>
98% of my CPU and makes the system run very slow. I have
two printers, Epson stylus color 800 and Epson Stylus
Photo 2200. The problem started about a month ago, long
after I installed the printers. I have spent about two
hours on the phone with Dell. They gave up and told me
to reinstall Windows XP.
>-----Original Message-----
>I can't be sure but I think this problem started after I
>installed a USB 2.0 card on my XP system. My printer is
>an older EPSON C80 and always worked fine.. it still
>prints great! now every time I boot -- even If I don't
>print, spoolsv.exe is running as a system process. on a
>normal system this would only become active during a
>print process and lay idle using 0 - 2 CPU processes. My
>spoolsv.exe is running at 50 - 75 percent of the CPU and
>won't give it up even if I uninstall the printer. I have
>to kill the process 6 - 7 time before it will stay
>killed. Of course at that point the printer
>is "uninstalled" and you can no longer print until you
re-
>boot.
>
>Has anyone had this experience;? if so what is causing
>this? I've re-service pack 1 the system. I have the
>latest virus scan dat and engine. used adaware and
trojan
>hunter but the system is clean. the only reference I've
>come across related to spoolsv.exe using excess CPU
>process time is when it fails to keep in communication
>with windows terminal server on a win 2k system. This is
>not the case on my system. any help would be appreciated.
>
>-Nick
>.
>