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Are you using a standard TCP/IP port monitor, or a fancy port monitor (e.g. Lexmark or Xerox port monitor)? Maybe one of those is playing up.<br />
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What happens if you restart the Spooler? Does it behave for a while and then jump up, or does it gradually get worse over time? This might help you figure out which printer is causing the problem, if you have different types/models.<br />
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Also, have you checked the event logs?<br />
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Give us some more info.<br />
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Are you using a standard TCP/IP port monitor, or a fancy port monitor (e.g. Lexmark or Xerox port monitor)? Maybe one of those is playing up.

What happens if you restart the Spooler? Does it behave for a while and then jump up, or does it gradually get worse over time? This might help you figure out which printer is causing the problem, if you have different types/models.

Also, have you checked the event logs?

Give us some more info.



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Hi All,<br />
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I have a print server that has the spoolss.exe process using 80% of the cpu usage constantly even when there are no print jobs. All clients are XP pro and server is NT4. <br />
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Anyone got any ideas why?<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance
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Hi All,

I have a print server that has the spoolss.exe process using 80% of the cpu usage constantly even when there are no print jobs. All clients are XP pro and server is NT4. 

Anyone got any ideas why?

Thanks in advance

Spoolss.exe and cpu usage

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