Cool ... forgot about that post. Unfortunately the useful tools for troubleshooting these things require access to private symbols which I have access to but generally aren't available so I can't blog the easy way to do half of what that post talks about.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> c - 312.731.3132 From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Printer driver isolation I was just reading your blog entry on spooler crashes :-) if a few of the things I am trying don't work, I may be going down the crash dump route, so I may have to take you up on the offer Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry(r) wireless device ________________________________ From: Brian Desmond <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:51:22 +0000 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Printer driver isolation It will help but you need to flag drivers for isolation which will require some knowledge of which ones are broken. If you can collect a dump of the process when it crashes I can have a quick look for you. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> c - 312.731.3132 From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Printer driver isolation Anyone had much luck using Printer Driver Isolation feature in 2008 R2 to help out with Spooler crashes on XenApp / RDS systems? I'm considering this as a stop-gap until I can work out exactly which are my problem drivers, but don't want to deploy it if it isn't going to be much use. On a related note, anyone have any processes / utilities that can be used to identify errant drivers, short of step-by-step replacement and testing of each one? I've been using Citrix's StressPrinters.exe and PrintDetective without much luck so far. TIA, JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice from Microsoft. However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
