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Problem:

I have a document stuck waiting to be printed or to be deleted and blocking up all future prints.

Solution:

1. stop the printer spool service: Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services; right click on the Print Spooler service and choose Stop
2. in Windows Explorer go here: C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS\ (note: the drive letter of your Windows folder may be different)
3. delete all files within the PRINTERS folder
4. go back to the Services window: right click on the Print Spooler service and choose Start

The End

Note: this works even with network printers

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Problema se aplica sistemului de operare Windows XP cu sistem de fisiere FAT32 sau NTFS.

Problema:

If you mess around in the registry, or install some different software packages that add things to the right-click menu, you can end up with a problem where the default action on a folder is always “Search…”, even though you set it to something else.

Solutia:

Continue reading ‘How to Fix Double Click Always Opens Search in Windows Explorer’

Acesta este primul din o serie de articole care vor descrie cum se repara diferite probleme pe care le-am intampinat in procesul de utilizare a computerelor. Textul va fi in general in limba engleza si e un colaj cu text din diferitele locuri unde am gasit solutia.

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Problema se aplica sistemului de operare Windows XP cu sistem de fisiere FAT32 sau NTFS.

Problema:

Recently I have noticed that each time I boot my system, the operating system (Windows XP Pro SP2) runs ScanDisk on my D: drive, stating that the computer did not shut down properly, which is not true. The system then runs a full ScanDisk on drive D: and gives an error-free report. Then after that, each time I boot, it runs ScanDisk on my D: drive all over again, finds no errors. Kindly suggest how to get rid of this annoyance.

Solutia:

Continue reading ‘Stop Chkdsk from running during start-up’