Printer Spooler

[Maher]

Everyone 20 / 30 min i have to restart the printer spooler, it's making my
life miserable.

Please look into this event viewer result:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 21/03/2006
Time: 16:26:47
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER1
Description:
Fault bucket 223781146.

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Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 32 32 33 37 38 31 31 34 22378114
0010: 36 0d 0a 6..

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: (100)
Event ID: 1000
Date: 21/03/2006
Time: 16:20:22
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER1
Description:
Faulting application spoolsv.exe, version 5.2.3790.346, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.0, fault address 0x00008bfc.

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Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 70 6f ure spo
0018: 6f 6c 73 76 2e 65 78 65 olsv.exe
0020: 20 35 2e 32 2e 33 37 39 5.2.379
0028: 30 2e 33 34 36 20 69 6e 0.346 in
0030: 20 6e 74 64 6c 6c 2e 64 ntdll.d
0038: 6c 6c 20 35 2e 32 2e 33 ll 5.2.3
0040: 37 39 30 2e 30 20 61 74 790.0 at
0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0050: 30 30 30 30 38 62 66 63 00008bfc

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: (100)
Event ID: 1004
Date: 21/03/2006
Time: 16:16:32
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER1
Description:
Reporting queued error: faulting application spoolsv.exe, version
5.2.3790.346, faulting module msvcrt.dll, version 7.0.3790.0, fault address
0x00034e36.

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Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 70 6f ure spo
0018: 6f 6c 73 76 2e 65 78 65 olsv.exe
0020: 20 35 2e 32 2e 33 37 39 5.2.379
0028: 30 2e 33 34 36 20 69 6e 0.346 in
0030: 20 6d 73 76 63 72 74 2e msvcrt.
0038: 64 6c 6c 20 37 2e 30 2e dll 7.0.
0040: 33 37 39 30 2e 30 20 61 3790.0 a
0048: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0050: 20 30 30 30 33 34 65 33 00034e3
0058: 36 6

[TP]

You have most likely installed a printer driver
that is not Terminal Services compatible. This
causes almost all spooler crashes in a TS
environment.

For maximum stability of your TS, it is best to
only use drivers that were included on the
Windows 2003 CD, or WHQL certified, or
certified by the printer manufacturer to work
under TS.

To remedy the situation, remove any incompatible
printer drivers from your TS, and map those printers
to drivers included on the 2003 CD. Instructions
for how to do the mapping are in the article below:

Windows 2000 Terminal Services server logs events 1111, 1105, and 1106

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239088

Another alternative is to purchase a third-party
universal printer driver solution.

Two that I recommend:

www.provisionnetworks.com (Print-IT, $995/server, includes 1yr upgrades/support)
www.tricerat.com (Simplify Printing, $1499/server + $299 1yr support)

-TP