Win2k Server print setup

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Brandon

We currently have one print server hosting 300 print
queue's. When we try to update a driver for an existing
print queue or we try to create another print queue we get
the following message "printer driver was not installed.
operation could not be completed".

We have stopped and started the printer spooler, rebooted
the server several times, the registry is not full, plenty
of space on c:........

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
 
Check out Brian Boston's FAQ:
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8) When I use the Add Printer Wizard to install a printer, regardless of
what printer I am trying to install, when I click "Finish" I get the error
"Operation could not be completed".

There seem to be cases where an internal cache file gets corrupted, possible
from an earlier power failure. Navigate to the %windir%\inf folder (it's a
hidden directory, so by default you won't see it in explorer, either turn on
"show hidden files" or use the command line) and delete ntprint.pnf,
printupg.pnf, infcache.1 and any oemXXXX.pnf (XXXX being a sequential
number). Delete only the .pnf, not the .inf - the .pnf is the cached version
of the .inf and will be regenerated if it doesn't exist.
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Hope that helps. Extra points if you move the file somewhere instead of
outright deleting it, and send it to me (take the online. off my return
address) directly if that fixes the problem, I still haven't tracked down
the root cause of the cache file corruption.
 
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