@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@garak0410 said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@garak0410 said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

Open an elevated cmd window and try this:

net stop spooler
net start spooler

Also, how are you connecting to these printers? Directly by IP? Over a share through a print server? More info please!

We are directly over IP...everyone is set up that way. Net Stop and Start resulted in the spooler starting and then immediately stopping:

The Print Spooler service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 5 time(s).

Even his local printers like PDF printing or SEND TO ONENOTE are grayed out and not working due to spooler not running.

Yeah, everything runs through the spooler. Ok, so here's what I'd recommend to start.

Go to the following folder:
"C:\Windows\System32\spool\prtprocs\x64"
If there is an x86 folder, do the same in that folder. I have four files in mine (x64).

Whatever ones you have as well (I think the CNMPPDAN ones are for Canon), rename the extension to .bak. Copy those same files from a working computer, and put them in this/these folders. I've seen where the windows print processor DLL gets corrupted and replacing it fixes the spooling issues. Do that, and then try to start the spooler again, after you reboot.

Sadly, this didn't help...Print Spooler doesn't want to remain RUNNING.

Run a chkdsk /f /r and see what happens.

I'll try that when he leaves...thanks...

@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@garak0410 said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

Open an elevated cmd window and try this:

net stop spooler
net start spooler

Also, how are you connecting to these printers? Directly by IP? Over a share through a print server? More info please!

We are directly over IP...everyone is set up that way. Net Stop and Start resulted in the spooler starting and then immediately stopping:

The Print Spooler service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 5 time(s).

Even his local printers like PDF printing or SEND TO ONENOTE are grayed out and not working due to spooler not running.

Yeah, everything runs through the spooler. Ok, so here's what I'd recommend to start.

Go to the following folder:
"C:\Windows\System32\spool\prtprocs\x64"
If there is an x86 folder, do the same in that folder. I have four files in mine (x64).

Whatever ones you have as well (I think the CNMPPDAN ones are for Canon), rename the extension to .bak. Copy those same files from a working computer, and put them in this/these folders. I've seen where the windows print processor DLL gets corrupted and replacing it fixes the spooling issues. Do that, and then try to start the spooler again, after you reboot.

Sadly, this didn't help...Print Spooler doesn't want to remain RUNNING.

@thanksajdotcom said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

Open an elevated cmd window and try this:

net stop spooler
net start spooler

Also, how are you connecting to these printers? Directly by IP? Over a share through a print server? More info please!

We are directly over IP...everyone is set up that way. Net Stop and Start resulted in the spooler starting and then immediately stopping:

The Print Spooler service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 5 time(s).

Even his local printers like PDF printing or SEND TO ONENOTE are grayed out and not working due to spooler not running.

@scottalanmiller said in Print Spooler Keeps Stopping, Won't Stay Running (Windows 10):

Paging @thanksajdotcom

Thanks...this has been maddening...and so glad it happened to a less demanding user. I've even spent 2-3 hours on this at home last night...

I have a single, Windows 10 user who came to me this morning to say he couldn't print. Upon looking at his Devices and Printers window, all printers are "whited out" and show not connected. I checked the Print Spooler, and it wasn't running, so ran it but it didn't help. There is also not an option to RESTART the print spooler.

I logged in as my self and as an Administrator and same problem. All printers show NOT CONNECTED.

So, I went back to print spooler...it will not stay RUNNING...it keeps stopping and I can't for the life of me keep it on...

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 5/12/2016 9:20:07 PM
Event ID: 7034
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The Print Spooler service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 4 time(s).
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7034</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-05-13T02:20:07.091530900Z" />
<EventRecordID>9337</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="608" ThreadID="364" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer></Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">Print Spooler</Data>
<Data Name="param2">4</Data>
<Binary>530070006F006F006C00650072000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

sfc /scannow turned up nothing...

Installing new printers won't work because it needs the spring spooler running.

I've made exhaustive searches and tried many suggestions and nothing has worked. I want to avoid a "rebuild."

Any other suggestions?

My plan this week...closing my door 1-3 hours a day and getting my "basics" out of the way, which would be Excel and VBA. Master it as much as I can. We are crazy heavy with Excel and VBA and there is no avoiding it.

Digressing, last week was just too rough to start this. We installed new IP Cameras, so had to learn the software and how to configure the mobile apps for management to view. Heck, still learning and configuring how we want to record and retain.

I tend to look ahead on the big picture but I need to be proficient in this at least. THEN, I'll explore the other options as far as web-based programming. I also have an "elective" study of learning what we have in SharePoint Online since we've had it two years and never used it.

@scottalanmiller said in Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself:

@tonyshowoff said in Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself:

When it comes to being a good software engineer, programmer, whatever... something I've noticed is that if you did not want to start making programs when you first began using a computer, you are not only not going to be that good at it, but you'll probably actually hate it.

I've been saying this for over a decade. Only with the rarest exception have I ever seen anyone happily become a programmer who didn't start doing it on their own before age twelve and often before age ten. It's like foreign language or playing an instrument, if you don't learn it early, you likely will never learn it. Or at least you will struggle and be unhappy.

Can't argue with that. And yes, it seems like a foreign language at time. I could be on borrowed time here but I will give myself credit for one thing...if I leave this place, their stability, DR and general "geeK help may decrease.

@Dashrender said in Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself:

The only thing I can think of is asking management for a dedicated 4 hours a week where you turn off your phone and just work on some study type thing. If the company values you knowing these things, and being able to support them internally, I don't know how else you are to get there.

Of course matching that with 4 of your own outside of work time (tell the wife and kids, sorry, I can't talk to you Tuesdays from 6 to 10 PM - period). This would be no different going back to school and the family knowing they have to give you up while you study.

Good advice...my daughter plays Flag Football time time of year (yes, daughter and she LOVES it...) and I try to study during the 90 minute practices but blasted sun glare off all my devices makes it hard to focus on the screen for serious study. So I waste it reading Feedly or Mango posts. LOL

I may try the study nights...may take some self discipline to not get distracted by things.

@scottalanmiller said in Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself:

@garak0410 said in Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself:

So this wasn't so much a rant or a call for help than it is sharing struggles we in SOLO IT shops face. I wouldn't trade this job right now for anything, but I also don't want to lose value in their eyes.

Basically what they are wanting you to do is to mix an engineering and an admin role together. These two aspects of IT work are not compatible, not really. An Admin is all about being on call, it's an availability based job. Engineering is all about getting work done, it is a productivity based job. Admin work is event driven, Engineering work cannot be interrupted. It's like oil and water. Any given human might be good at either, but never at the same time. Each one precludes the other.

Having you do 50/50 doesn't work. Not with these two types of roles. Studies show that a single interrupt takes a minimum of fifteen minutes for someone to return to engineering work. That means, at best, if you set aside one hour to do engineering work (programming here) and you have to deal with a call, IM, ticket, etc. you will lose that time plus fifteen minutes of "reloading your engineering work" into your brain. This also holds off your ability to "get into the zone" by that set of time which means that any interruptions within, say, a three hour time slot would stop you from ever getting into the zone.

In reality, for this kind of thing, there is no reasonable way for you to do more than the work of say 1-2% of an entry level programmer just because you are not given an opportunity to be productive.

Agreed but for now, my job "is what it is" and it is the best salary I've had with regular bonuses and geek benefits (just got a high end SurfaceBook).

I may try the closing door 2-3 hours a day to just focus on VBA projects. It isn't like some days I am all Admin...I can often be caught up on Admin issues where I have ample time for this...but interruptions, when working on these projects, are brutal. I just love how our non-techie plant managers just storm into my office, thinking I can drop what I'm doing to meet their need. But, I always have a good attitude about it and help them.

Well, here I am a year later and can honestly say, no progress on this at all. Just no time to learn to shift into being a 50/50 admin/developer. Between "day to day" at work and being involved in kids activities, family, church and community, it seems impossible to try to fill this 50/50 role they want of me.

Back to square one...95% of our "stuff" is still Excel and VBA. So, I've got to stay there for the time being. So,, can't look ahead at many of the helpful suggestions.

I document all I do in Spiceworks and provide my open and closed tickets to my manager weekly for our short Monday meeting. They trust me and often say they they like the fact they don't have to follow up on me since I do my job and provide updates.

But I've reached a point where I am going to have to admit my struggles with this. It isn't so much as learning this stuff is hard but the fact this VBA code is so messy and with very little comments and hard to to understand the logic.

On top of that...they now are asking about putting Excel data on web based options, including the cloud.

So this wasn't so much a rant or a call for help than it is sharing struggles we in SOLO IT shops face. I wouldn't trade this job right now for anything, but I also don't want to lose value in their eyes.

@DustinB3403 said in How Can I Batch Print Only 1st Page of Multiple PDF's?:

CutePDF has as history of being laced with malware from personal experience.

Nitro PDF might have this functionality.

Checking it out now...

@DustinB3403 The closest I found was this but haven't had time to fully review it yet...

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/46592/Using-the-Free-CutePDF-Writer-without-User-Interve

I've been tasked with looking for a way to batch print only the first page of multiple PDF's on a Windows System. I made an extensive online search but I either need to use ACTIONS Adobe Acrobat PRO (we have standard) or what I found didn't work.

I did find that the software callled Bluebeam Revu does this out of the box but management wants a free/scripting solution.

Any hints or suggestions? Thanks...

@MattSpeller said:

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

What GPU does that have?

It is a custom GPU along the lines of a Nvidia GeForce 860M. So it isn't a gamers dream, but that said, I CAN game and game well on the go. I've not loaded GeForce Experience on it since this is a custom GPU and before the last firmware update, there were many unstable issues with both the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4.

I've played ALIEN: Isolation with details maxed but but a much lower resolution. Video Rendering speeds with Adobe Premiere have been quite impressive.

Does it have dedicated vram or does it sneak around like a thief in the night, hungry for some delicious ram

It has 1GB of dedicated, GDDR5 video RAM.

@scottalanmiller said:

What GPU does that have?

It is a custom GPU along the lines of a Nvidia GeForce 860M. So it isn't a gamers dream, but that said, I CAN game and game well on the go. I've not loaded GeForce Experience on it since this is a custom GPU and before the last firmware update, there were many unstable issues with both the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4.

I've played ALIEN: Isolation with details maxed but but a much lower resolution. Video Rendering speeds with Adobe Premiere have been quite impressive.

Our owner has given a lot of management promotions and since I am the one and only IT Director, I get a Surface Book. So, I am an owner of Microsoft Surface Book (512 GB, 16 GB RAM, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce graphics).

Impressions after one week? I'm impressed. I am a long time Surface user, having used every version, including both RT iterations. My "dream" was to have a top of the line ultrabook that was also a 2-in-1 and had a GPU. This fits the bill. All of my favorite STEAM games run perfectly on it. Some need a tad lower resolution (ALIEN: Isolation) but still plays and looks great. Battery life is decent. The screen is amazing to look at. I don't pop off the screen much but I like having the option. It is a great developer machine and all around daily driver.

If I had any concerns, I've seen a tad bit of screen flicker but nothing to get alarmed about yet. The hinge is great but I do question longevity. But that's really it.

The Windows store is still a wasteland and universal apps are still not taking off. So my solution? Use Chrome and it's SAVE TO DESKTOP option and OPEN AS WINDOW and it is like having "apps" when saving certain websites.

If purchased for you, I say go for it. It is pricey, even for a very quality product.

I am thinking how liberating it was back in October to go platform agnostic in my gadget world...and this is me when I finally made that decision after being way too patient with Microsoft:

@dafyre said:

@garak0410 said:

Posting on ML for the first time since January 12th. Bad of me, I know...

Either you've been busy... or lazy... but either way, welcome back.

Busy for sure...but glad to be back!

Posting on ML for the first time since January 12th. Bad of me, I know...

Looks like the topic ran away from me...been swamped with other things this past week...glad to see it made for good conversation.