print spooler

[andyc209]

Our server keeps spiking at 100% and the only way to work again is to reboot. Winlogon.exe takes up all the CPU. Scanned for viruses etc and it is clean. Had problems with the print services (keep needing to restart) could this be related and if so how do I re-install the print services?

[BertImmenschuh]

The file could still be a worm. Check some of these pages:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Winlogon.exe&btnG=Google+Search>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Winlogon.exe&btnG=Google+Search</a>

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[andyc209]

thanks but have been through a lot of them and I am still having problems. Even tried wintasks 5

Can this print spooler that keeps stoping be anything to do with it?

[BertImmenschuh]

It's possible. Are the Print Spooler and Server the same machine?

Just thinking out loud, I'd wonder if having a separate machine for the Print Spooler/Print Server would work. As far as cost goes that may be cheaper that any lost-productivity cost.

<font color=blue>Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.</font color=blue> <font color=green>Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.</font color=green>