Spoolsv.exe memory leak (again ?!)

Memory leak in spoolsv.exe if you use HP standard TCP/IP port for printers. Non-paged memory pool keeps growing when you print. Solution is to change HP standard TCP/IP port to Microsoft Standard TCP/IP port

Solution was found here: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1143952&page=1

Case was escalated to HP who confirmed that they recommend to change to Microsoft port driver.

How to install Microsoft XPS printer

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041&DisplayLang=en

High CPU untilisation of spoolsv.exe

Check if there are documents pending in the printers spool. Recreate all printers.
It helped me. http://www.adminnotes.com/index/2006/01/spoolsvexe_caus.html

This effect was on several PCs after February MS patch.

Vista and computer only wireless 802.1X authentication

AuthMode in XP was a registry setting, in Vista is is slightly more complex: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929847

.NET runtime error Event Id 0

If you have this bug in your evenviewer: unable to open shim database version registry key-v2.0.50727.00000 - try to install a patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918642

Note you will need to be registered on connect.microsoft.com. Go there and subscribe to any Beta testing and then you will be able to download the patch.

winmsd

A quick and easy way to collect inventory from a remote Windows PC:

run under domain admin account: winmsd /computer PC_name /nfo PC_name

This will create a file in curent directory with all PC HW/SW details.

Email security guideline (from US NIST)

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-45-version2/SP800-45v2.pdf