Microsoft KB Archive Search

Notice: This website is an unofficial Microsoft Knowledge Base (hereinafter KB) archive and is intended to provide a reliable access to deleted content from Microsoft KB. All KB articles are owned by Microsoft Corporation. Read full disclaimer for more details.

  1. Home
  2. The NET PRINT command may cause an internal error

The NET PRINT command may cause an internal error

View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q147859

↑ Back to the top

Symptoms

When you use the NET PRINT command to view printers on a Windows NT-based computer, one the following errors may appear, depending on the version of Windows that is being used:
An internal Windows NT error occurred.

An internal Windows 2000 error occurred.

An internal Windows error occurred.

System error 59 has occurred. System error 8 has occurred.

System error 8 has occurred.

↑ Back to the top

Cause

This error occurs if there are print jobs currently spooled on the printer being referenced. The number of print jobs needed to produce the error varies.

↑ Back to the top

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Windows operating system. The NET PRINT command is being discontinued.

↑ Back to the top

Keywords: kbnetwork, KB147859

↑ Back to the top

Article Info
Article ID : 147859
Revision : 3
Created on : 4/7/2009
Published on : 4/7/2009
Exists online : False
Views : 739