[WinMac] Print spooling & SP5 error with Regsvr32.exe

Michael Eilon(mgeilon[at]geocities.com)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:28:25 -0500

Hi all,

Not sure if my previous email made it to the list, so I'm sending it again
(below). Apologies if you've already got this.

I've got a couple of esoteric problems with NT, which I hope someone will
be able to help me with:

1) We have a WinNT server (SP5) acting as a spool for our Apple
LaserWriters. All the Win95 PCs spool through the server, and everything's
fine, except for one particular PC which can't print to one particular
LaserWriter... it can print to all the others, but if we try printing to
that particular one, we get the error "The Access code is invalid".

I've tried printing directly to the printer (ie: no spooling), but that
doesn't do anything.

I don't think it's a security/sharing permission thing on the server, as
I've double-checked that. Also, the printer share name is less than 12
characters long (I've learnt my lesson with that one!).

The really frustrating thing is that there's an identical printer (Apple
LaserWriter 12/640 PS) two offices down, set up pretty much the same to the
problematic one, which the PC can print to without difficulty!

Does anyone know what the error message means? I've looked around a
little, but haven't found much.

2) I'm having some problems installing SP5 on a Windows NT workstation...
towards the end of the installation, Dr.Watson pops up telling me there's
been an error in the application Regsvr32.exe. Nothing I can do about it,
so I continue with the Service Pack installation.

After restarting, any login to the machine hangs after the initial login
screen. After a bit of investigating, I found that it's Regsvr32.exe,
which takes up 100% of CPU capacity.

I've deleted it and things work OK now, but I'm wondering exactly what it
does. Does anyone know? Is there a resource on the net which would allow
me to read up on this? Have I been too rash in deleting Regsvr32.exe ?

(I've installed SP5 before, either on top of SP3 or straight after
installing NT from the CD, without incident.)

Any advice/comments would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Michael Eilon
Assistant computer manager
Dept. of Physics
University of Western Australia

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