Since it is spooling, you might try freeing up some disk space in internet temp files, recycle bin etc, then run defrag. I doubt if it's that simple, but I supose its possible when spooling.


>I recently bought a new CPU with Windows XP already installed. I also upgraded to SP2 and the problem is still here.
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>When I'm printing, everything else on the computer slows to a crawl (except the mouse pointer). I have a news ticker tape across the bottom of my screen. It normally takes a headline about 16 seconds to get across my screen. While the printer is printing, it takes over 60 seconds to get across the screen. The ticker tape also slows down while my browser is opening, but only for a second or so.
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>When I click on a pull down menu in IE6 while the printer is going, the menu takes 2-3 seconds to appear as a ghost, then another 2-3 seconds to completely appear, several seconds for my selection to be highlighed, and several seconds for my click to register and start whatever action I've clicked.
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>My printer does use spooling, and the computer slows down during the spooling. It speeds up right after spooling, then slows down when the actual printing starts, and stays slow until the page has finished printing. I've never had a computer slow down during the actual printing.
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>My monitor and printer are the same ones that were used on my old computer, and I didn't have any problem with it.
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>TIA