Neal's AdminNotes - HOTFIX

Spoolsv.exe causing high CPU usage

" Because of the high traffic for searching on this issue I've decided to repost it here on the Hotfix Blog. "

If spoolsv.exe is causing 99% cpu usage then it may have a corrupted print file stuck in the system32 folder. To fix it do the following
Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and stop the Print Spooler services
Turn off the printer.
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete the files there. You may find some '00002.SHD' and '00020.SPL'. or something similar.
Now turn your printer back on and restart the print spool service.
Spoolsv.exe should be at 2% or less

You receive a memory leak in nonpaged pool memory

Your Microsoft Windows 2000-based server may start to run very slowly, and it may eventually stop responding (hang). When this problem occurs, the following event is logged in the system event log:
Event ID: 2019
Description: The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the Pool was empty.

Here is the PATCH for the KB833266

DNS Intermittently Stops Resolving Some Host Names

Here is the PATCH for KB Article 830905

The Backup Completed, but Some Files Were Skipped

If you get the above message when you try to backup the System State on a Windows 2003 Domain Controller, then see KB Article 822132

Here is the PATCH

W32Time causing EVENT ID 50 Warnings

Here is the PATCH pertaining to KB Article 830092

Outlook 2000 hangs on exit

Here is the PATCH for this related KB article -

When you try to quit Microsoft Outlook 2000, you receive the following message and Outlook 2000 does not quit:

Please wait while Microsoft Outlook exits.

Note: This problem may also occur if you try to quit Outlook 2000 after Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 was used to open your mailbox or if another user viewed your shared Calendar with Outlook 2003