spoolss.exe is hogging CPU!!! 2

[Pinkman]

I am running a Citrix over NT terminal server.&nbsp;&nbsp;Every so often the citrix server slows down.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have found that when this happens the spoolss.exe is consuming 90-95% of the processor and does not let go of the processor!<br><br>This is obviously a problem!<br><br>Is there a hotfix for this or anything I can do besides stopping and restarting the spooler service (which fixes it everytime) ????<br><br>Thanks for any responses,<br>Jeff

 

[jbw3]

Do you mean that you removed the drivers from the client or at the server? We are using Citrix XP and Win2K and having the same problem. I have setup the server to use the &quot;Citrix PCL4 Universal Driver&quot; in place of all HP drivers. But we still have the server going to 100% utilization every few days, and have to reboot.

Thanks,

John Wilson

 

[agaskill]

There's a disturbing trend these days of printer drivers requiring an install program to be run. Sometimes INF files aren't even provided, and if they are, they're a placeholder that give an error along the lines of &quot;Failed to install printer please_run_setup_program.&quot; This is most common with all-in-one type printers designed for the home user, but then, that's often where Citrix clients are coming from.