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Did not receive any answers related to my question. &nbsp;One reply but didn't address the question asked.
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Did not receive any answers related to my question.  One reply but didn't address the question asked.

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BBrayton, did you consider an upgrade of SP3? I don't know it will solve your problem as you stated in your comment, but you can always roll back to sp2, because Windows XP creates a restore point while updating to SP3.
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BBrayton, did you consider an upgrade of SP3? I don't know it will solve your problem as you stated in your comment, but you can always roll back to sp2, because Windows XP creates a restore point while updating to SP3.

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Trying to debug a slow startup on a Toshiba Tecra new notebook. &nbsp;Less than 1 year old.<br />
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Was taking forever starting up. &nbsp;I looked at CPU processes and found spoolsv.exe was the 2nd most used by CPU in task manager. &nbsp;Google advised it was the print spooler.<br />
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I stopped the print spool services, and was able to delete the 51800 spl &amp;&nbsp;shd files.<br />
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HOWEVER - <br />
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I don't know why the files didn't delete themselves through normal printing. &nbsp;I'm concerned they will just come back over time.<br />
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Windows XPP sp2 and only printer is HP OfficeJet V40xi, Quickbook PDF Converter .. Checked HP web site and the printer driver is the most current.<br />
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Thinking of updating to XP sp3 ??<br />
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HELP Please<br />
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Thanks<br />
Bruce<br />

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Trying to debug a slow startup on a Toshiba Tecra new notebook.  Less than 1 year old.

Was taking forever starting up.  I looked at CPU processes and found spoolsv.exe was the 2nd most used by CPU in task manager.  Google advised it was the print spooler.

I stopped the print spool services, and was able to delete the 51800 spl & shd files.

HOWEVER - 

I don't know why the files didn't delete themselves through normal printing.  I'm concerned they will just come back over time.

Windows XPP sp2 and only printer is HP OfficeJet V40xi, Quickbook PDF Converter .. Checked HP web site and the printer driver is the most current.

Thinking of updating to XP sp3 ??

HELP Please

Thanks
Bruce


Print Spooler Files will not delete

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

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.