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Q167775: Spool32.exe Error When Printing on a Network

Article: Q167775
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 2,2.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprint osr2 win95kbfixlist
Last Modified: 25-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 2, 2.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you print from a Windows 95 workstation on a Token Ring, Ethernet, or
Windows NT network to a printer shared on a Novell NetWare print server or a
Windows NT network-based server, you may experience the following symptoms,
which occur in sequence, on an intermittent basis:

- Printing stops responding (hangs) for a short period of time.

- The Printing dialog box displays a spool32 error message.

- The print job is usually printed correctly.

- When the workstation recovers from the hung state, there are no printers
  listed in the Printers folder. The next time you attempt to print, you may
  receive the following error message:

  There is no default printer.
  To install and select a default printer, click the Start button, point to
  Settings, click Printers, and then double-click Add Printer.

When you restart the computer, the printers are displayed in the Printers folder
again.


RESOLUTION
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STATUS
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install
the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of
Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprint osr2 win95 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : :2,2.1
Issue type        : kbprb

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