Restarting the spooler, apart from not being able to print during this time, "shouldn't" break anything. I think the fax service relies on the print spooler.

My print spooler service crashes almost every night. Each morning I have to restart it before the printers can be used. I've read about possibly using cleanspl.exe to cleanup the spooler and ...

Microsoft is warning Windows users of yet another Print Spooler vulnerability, again threatening the potential for hackers to take control of your PC, install apps, and steal or delete data. It's ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 Print Spooler security is turning into a headache for the company and its customers. "A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service ...

Microsoft's emergency update, which included a fix for the so-called PrintNightmare print-spooler problem, has the unexpected side-effect of causing a problem with some printers.

PrintNightmare is the name for "Critical"-rated Windows print spooler flaws that can enable remote code execution attacks with system privileges.

Administrators are urged to apply the latest patches from Microsoft and disable the Windows Print spooler service in domain controllers and systems not used for printing.

Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in the Windows print spooler service and is recommending that IT pros disable it, if possible, as an interim measure, although doing so eliminates ...

Microsoft has issued an advisory for another zero-day Windows print spooler vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-36958 that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on a computer.