Printer Spooler Services Stopping

[Guest]

My Printer Spooler Service stops for no reason, this machine is a client on a
SBS 2003 Premium server any ideas??? Kevin

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The print spooler failing is almost always due to corrupted printer drivers.
Uninstall and reinstall.....

 

[Guest]

There are no printer drivers installed, the printer is on the SBS Server

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The client has 'pulled' them over from the Server.

 

[Guest]

So if I am understanding this point; the printer drivers on our SBS2003
Server must be Vista compatible as well? Or do get a vista one for the vista
machine only?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Yes, they must be Vista compatible on the SBS Server as well as the Vista
client.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

HP has some drivers that check the OS version and crash when the OS version
is 6. This failure takes out the spooler on the client machine.

What model is the printer you have?

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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