milomorai

have two printers installed - one a laser multi-function device and a hp inkjet but this problem is only active when the print spooler is started - stop the spooler cpu usage is normal.

hi, my name is gavi, i am in technical support for brighthouse network tampabay division and have been building pc's for about 12-15 years i am also a fan of e e cummings (an author noted for not using capital letters or punctuation)

I have a pc running xp home w/all current updates. when the print spooler is started cpu usage immediately jumps to 100% with wmiprvse.exe taking 39-60%, spoolsrvc takes 6-19% and csrss.exe takes up to 30%. have run adaware, spybot, windows defender and a-squared spyware removers as well as virus scan - nothing found. when i stop spoolsrvc cpu usage drops to <50% usually between 0-15%. restored to a date b4 this started - no change. the wmiprvse.exe file is in win/sys32 folder as well as i386 and in a windows update (don't have the number). i am baffled.