Comments on: How to Clean Print Spooler in Windows Vista/XP/2003

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:17 +0000

This worked great for me. However you have to check the box while in the properties to run as administrator.

By: GB

GB — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:11:50 +0000

Seemingly, this is a widespread issue – possibly – Vista getting bad press (again) – but also possibly – another app is causing the corruption.
I have a client who “hasn’t changed anything” but his spooler keeps shutting down… every other 3 minutes.
As stated above, we remove, we update drivers, we re-install.
Get an Apple they say!

By: Coby

Coby — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:53:14 +0000

I tried the cleanspl.exe and it says access denied to my computer. How do I allow it? It doesn’t give me any options.

By: NaV

NaV — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:59:55 +0000

I tried all above version to correct the problm.
The spooling stops working, i start again, then i try to delete the printers cant work and spooling stops again.

I tried the windows resource kit. all othres but all fail.

what to do, should i reload the OS again.

Quick opinion is required.

By: YL

YL — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:12:02 +0000

Said that the server was unavailable…

By: Aaron M. Cooke

Aaron M. Cooke — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:56:43 +0000

I got the same error. This is retarded. Am I going to have to reinstall the entire OS because I can’t repair some corrupted drivers?

What’s ironic about this whole thing is that I’ve had zero problems with Vista in the 1.5 years I’ve been using it, and I’m pretty sure that it was an attempt to print a web-page from Google Chrome that munched my drivers.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:41:55 +0000

installed resource kit; ran cleanspl.exe from command; received the following error:

The spooler on this machine cannot be cleaned because it is running version 6.0 of Windows NT. Only versions 4.0 and 5.0 are supported.

Please advise.

By: remis

remis — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:55:43 +0000

I fixed problem discribed in previous post, problem was incorent string value.

By: remis

remis — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:26:54 +0000

First i deleted USB MONITOR from registry, because i coudn’t delete port from priter port list. And next step was this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\USB Monitor]
“Driver”=”usbmon.dll”

It’s now in registry, but not in printer port list and then i plug printer (direct usb cable) computer does not see it. how can i bring it back to printer list?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:04:18 +0000

Put these keys back in. Then reboot. Add printers back in .
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\Standard TCP/IP Port]
“Driver”=”tcpmon.dll”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\USB Monitor]
“Driver”=”usbmon.dll”

By: Mehera

Mehera — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:02:07 +0000

I accidently deleted the usb print moniter and tcp/ip, how caN i get them back?

I hAd a previous registry backup which doesnt work,nor does system restore.

By: David

David — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:48:45 +0000

You *can* run cleanspl in compatibility mode under Vista -

1) Explore to c:\program files\windows resource kits\tools\
2) Find cleanspl, right click and select Properties
3) On the Compatibility tab, change compatibility to Server 2003
4) Exit Properties, then double-click cleanspl to run it.

HTH

By: Ming

Ming — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:52:45 +0000

when i open it, it says “Unable to stop the Print spooler service on the computer ‘\\Ming-PC’. Access is denied.”

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:03:59 +0000

Before using cleanspl.exe do use the print migration tool from Microsoft. This will back up everything in case you accidentally deleted something like your TCP/IP or USB capabilities. To get this to work on Vista you need to go to c:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\tools\ then right-click on cleanspl.exe and goto Compatibility mode and select Windows XP SP2.

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:35:02 +0000

After using this tool in windows 2003 and reinstalling all printers the users seem to lose there printer sessions