print jobs

Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?

It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..

I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..


???

thanx

plugginaway <anon> wrote:

> Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?
>
> It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..
>
> I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..

Start orb>Search box>type: cmd
When cmd appears in Results above, right-click and choose "Run as
administrator". At the command line type:

net stop spooler [enter]

This should clear the jobs. Sometimes you need to actually pull the power
plug from the printer (not just turn it off w/the power button), too. Wait
a minute and then at the command line type:

net start spooler [enter]

Hopefully this will clear the pending jobs for you.

Malke
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Reboot.

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"plugginaway" <anon> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?
>
> It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..
>
> I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..
>
>
> ???
>
> thanx

almost worked. but Explorer hung.

now no desktop icons.

Explorer didn't recover. What fun.

should have rebooted my biggest PFC in Bill's butt.

thanx anyway

Malke wrote:

> plugginaway <anon> wrote:
>
>
>>Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?
>>
>>It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..
>>
>>I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..
>
>
> Start orb>Search box>type: cmd
> When cmd appears in Results above, right-click and choose "Run as
> administrator". At the command line type:
>
> net stop spooler [enter]
>
> This should clear the jobs. Sometimes you need to actually pull the power
> plug from the printer (not just turn it off w/the power button), too. Wait
> a minute and then at the command line type:
>
> net start spooler [enter]
>
> Hopefully this will clear the pending jobs for you.
>
> Malke

and the reboot didn't clear the job.

WTF??

Rick Rogers wrote:

> Reboot.
>

Hit ctrl+shift+escape to get task manager, run explorer.exe from the 'new
task' button on the applications tab.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"plugginaway" <anon> wrote in message
news:...
> almost worked. but Explorer hung.
>
> now no desktop icons.
>
> Explorer didn't recover. What fun.
>
> should have rebooted my biggest PFC in Bill's butt.
>
> thanx anyway
>
> Malke wrote:
>
>> plugginaway <anon> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?
>>>
>>>It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..
>>>
>>>I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..
>>
>>
>> Start orb>Search box>type: cmd
>> When cmd appears in Results above, right-click and choose "Run as
>> administrator". At the command line type:
>>
>> net stop spooler [enter]
>>
>> This should clear the jobs. Sometimes you need to actually pull the power
>> plug from the printer (not just turn it off w/the power button), too.
>> Wait
>> a minute and then at the command line type:
>>
>> net start spooler [enter]
>>
>> Hopefully this will clear the pending jobs for you.
>>
>> Malke

i rebooted again. Job still there. went into task mgr and killed
spoolsv.exe.

job finally went away.


Is this an example of the brave new world of simplification that Bill
promised with Vista??

and who can remember all those steps except an expert user?????




Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hit ctrl+shift+escape to get task manager, run explorer.exe from the
> 'new task' button on the applications tab.
>

Hung print jobs happen in a lot of different OS's, they're not exclusive to
Windows (any version).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"plugginaway" <anon> wrote in message
news:...
>i rebooted again. Job still there. went into task mgr and killed
>spoolsv.exe.
>
> job finally went away.
>
>
> Is this an example of the brave new world of simplification that Bill
> promised with Vista??
>
> and who can remember all those steps except an expert user?????
>
>
>
>
> Rick Rogers wrote:
>> Hit ctrl+shift+escape to get task manager, run explorer.exe from the 'new
>> task' button on the applications tab.
>>

On 01 Nov 2008, plugginaway <anon> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Is this an example of the brave new world of simplification that
> Bill promised with Vista??

This is the same exact procedure that is sometimes necessary since
Windows NT. It has nothing to do with Vista.

> and who can remember all those steps except an expert user?????

All two of those steps? Anyone who cares can look it up or ask
questions. Whining that the operating system doesn't read your mind and
respond to your whims is childish and nonproductive.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:18:10 -0500, plugginaway <anon> wrote:

>Is there a trick to deleting failed print jobs?
>
>It is sitting there deleting for 2 hours..
>
>I paused printer; deleed all; deleted individually..
>
>
>???
>
>thanx


I have the same problem and usually get it fixed by turning off the
computer and the printer after I have deleted the print jobs and open
the printer folder and tinkered around with the printer properties.

From my experience there is no one solution. Just keep plugging away.

You can expect the "hung print document" to print after you get
everything in order. At least mine does.

YMMV