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Script to enable auto recovery?

We have a few printers that are causing the print spooler service on computers around the company to stop.

Is there a way to script a logon file that can set the recovery options under the print spooler service to automatically restart if failed and set the option for delay to 3 minutes?

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This script keeps prints spooler alive, checking every 3 minutes

' ReStartService.vbs
' Sample script to Stop or Start a Service
' www.computerperformance.co.uk/
' Created by Guy Thomas December 2005 Version 2.4
' -------------------------------------------------------' 
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objItem, objService
Dim colListOfServices, strComputer, strService, intSleep 
strComputer = "."
intSleep = 180000
'WScript.Echo " Click OK, then wait " & intSleep & " milliseconds" 
 
'On Error Resume Next
' NB strService is case sensitive.
strService = " 'Spooler' "
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name ="_
& strService & " ")
 
While true
For Each objService in colListOfServices
objService.StartService()
WSCript.Sleep intSleep
Next 
wend
WScript.Echo "Your "& strService & " service has Started" 
WScript.Quit
' End of Example WMI script to Start / Stop services

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Save to a VBS file and double click it (or put in the startup folder in the faulty print server)

Brent

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Thats a nifty script... question though.

I would be using this for computers in which users login. If its apart of the login script, wouldnt it cause mutliple instances of this script to run?

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You can put the script just in the admin account to start it once, on the startup folder in start menu / programs. (If you start as admin first).

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Brent

ASKER

Thanks.. not exactly what i wanted, but its actually a better solution :)