Spooler eating CPU - Tried MANY Things

Hi all,

Well I'm hitting a solid brick wall here, sure hope someone can help. I have a WinXP SP2 system in which the spoolersv eats up the CPU (95-98%). I have done the following:

1. Removed Printer (Canon MF5550) and verified there were no documents waiting to print.

2. Scanned for all viruses with Norton, TrueSword, Ad-Aware all have come back clean, no viruses.

2. Attempted to uninstall SP2, but list of applications that may be affected is WAY too long and scary to take a chance of disabling...(will they all really possibly stop working?)

3. Downloaded the Resource Kit and tried to run the cleanspl.exe to clean up the spooler service. I get an error upon running this of "Unable to enumerate the files in c:\windows\system32\spool\printer. Matching the filter *.spl directory cannot be validated.

Any ideas???

Thanks

 

first guess = turn the spooler service off and reboot. then reinstall the printer software.

second = repair install xp

 

After trying many many many things, the following was the only thing that resolved the issue. Am posting it here for any other poor soul struggling with this same problem. I found it on another board - can't take credit...

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit and click OK.
2. Delete all the contents of the following registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\WindowsNT x86\Drivers\Version-2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\WindowsNT x86\Drivers\Version-3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers

3. Check the following registry key for third-party monitors. Remove any non-default monitors:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors

The default port monitors are:
AppleTalk Printing Devices (When Services for Macintosh is installed)
BJ Language Monitor
Local Port
PJL Language Monitor
Standard TCP/IP Port
USB Monitor
Windows NT Fax Monitor

4. Check the following registry key for third-party print providers. Remove any non-default print providers:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers

The default print providers are:
Internet Print Provider
LanMan Print Provider

5. Delete the printer driver files:
Delete all drivers from the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Spool\Drivers\W32x86 folder.

6. Restart Windows.
7. Re-install the printer drivers.
8. Test to see if you are able to print.