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Try the following<br />
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stop the spoolsv service<br />
reinstall your printer drivers ( u may even need to do it going to safe mode)<br />
restart and check what happens<br />
<br />
Also you can also look into checking spywares and using online virus scanners<br />

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Try the following

stop the spoolsv service
reinstall your printer drivers ( u may even need to do it going to safe mode)
restart and check what happens

Also you can also look into checking spywares and using online virus scanners


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Tried archang3l's suggestion first since it didn't involve any re-installation... and it seems to have worked! &nbsp;I tried printing a document and it behaved normally and disappeared when the printing finished. &nbsp;Perfect.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
Jens
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Tried archang3l's suggestion first since it didn't involve any re-installation... and it seems to have worked!  I tried printing a document and it behaved normally and disappeared when the printing finished.  Perfect.

Thanks!
Jens

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No probs, glad it solved your problem.<br />
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Jvuz
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No probs, glad it solved your problem.

Jvuz

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Hi,<br />
<br />
I have a process - spoolsv.exe - that has been using close to 100% of my CPU. &nbsp;It's running from the WINDOWS\system32 folder, and according to Security Task Manager is legit. &nbsp;Question then is, why is it taking so much of the CPU?<br />
<br />
I have ended the process a couple of times before knowing exactly what it is with no success, it keeps coming back. &nbsp;I had been running Photoshop CS2 and Bridge previously as well as printing photos on an Epson printer, but all programs have been closed.<br />
<br />
I'm running Windows XP Pro on a MacBook Pro with 4GB RAM.<br />
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Appreciate any input-<br />
J
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Hi,

I have a process - spoolsv.exe - that has been using close to 100% of my CPU.  It's running from the WINDOWS\system32 folder, and according to Security Task Manager is legit.  Question then is, why is it taking so much of the CPU?

I have ended the process a couple of times before knowing exactly what it is with no success, it keeps coming back.  I had been running Photoshop CS2 and Bridge previously as well as printing photos on an Epson printer, but all programs have been closed.

I'm running Windows XP Pro on a MacBook Pro with 4GB RAM.

Appreciate any input-
J

spoolsv.exe process using close to 100% of CPU resources

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.