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[SDP 3][d92078bc-87a3-492b-978e-1f91d4eaaed9] Windows Printing

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Summary

The Printing - Windows troubleshooter collects such information as event logs, Printers and Print Drivers information, and spooler-related component information to help troubleshoot most of printing problems.

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More Information

This article describes the information that may be collected from a computer when you run the Printing - Windows troubleshooter.

Information Collected

Printer and Print drivers information
DescriptionFile Name
Information about Print drivers and printers, including print monitors, processors and print driver file version information{Computername}_PrintInfo.*


Event Logs
DescriptionFile Name
Event Log – Application – text, csv and evtx formats{Computername}_evt_Application.*
Event Log – System – text, csv and evtx formats{Computername}_evt_System.*


Memory Dumps and related information
DescriptionFile Name
Information about Machine Memory Dumps, User memory dumps and memory dump configuration{Computername}_DumpReport.*
Spooler service user mode memory dumps generated by Windows Error Reporting from past 30 days{Computername}_dmp_*.zip


Hotfixes and Updates
DescriptionFile Name
Installed Updates/ Hotfixes{Computername}_Hotfixes.*


Networking Basic Information
DescriptionFile Name
Basic IP networking configuration information, such as Tcp/ip registry key, ipconfig, netstat, nbtstat and netsh output{Computername}_TcpIp-Info.txt
Basic SMB configuration information based on output of net.exe utility{Computername}_SMB-Info.txt


File Version Information
DescriptionFile Name
File version information from %windir%\cluster\*.*{Computername}_sym_Cluster.*
File version information from %windir%\system32\*.dll{Computername}_sym_System32_dll.*
File version information from %windir%\system32\*.exe{Computername}_sym_System32_exe.*
File version information from %windir%\system32\*.sys{Computername}_sym_System32_sys.*
File version information from %windir%\system32\drivers folder{Computername}_sym_Drivers.*
File version information from %windir%\system32\drivers\*.*{Computername}_sym_SysWOW64_sys.*
File version information from {Program Files (x86}}\*.sys{Computername}_sym_ProgramFilesx86_sys.*
File version information from {Program Files}\*.sys{Computername}_sym_ProgramFiles_sys.*
File version information from {Program Files}\Microsoft iSNS Server\*.* and %windir%\system32\iscsi*.*{Computername}_sym_MS_Iscsi.*
File version information from all drivers currently running on machine{Computername}_sym_RunningDrivers.*
File version information from all processes currently running on machine{Computername}_sym_Process.*
File version information from print spooler folder %windir%\system32\Spool\*.*{Computername}_sym_PrintSpooler.*


Registry Keys
DescriptionFile Name
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion		{Computername}_reg_CurrentVersion.TXT
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{Computername}_reg_Uninstall.TXT
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions{Computername}_reg_ProductOptions.TXT
HKLM\System\MountedDevices{Computername}_reg_MountedDevices.*
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting		{Computername}_reg_Recovery.TXT
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunonceEx

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

HKLM\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunonceEx

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad"

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Load

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Run

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit		{Computername}_reg_Startup.TXT
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print{Computername}_reg_Print.HIV
HKCU\Software\Policies

HKLM\Software\Policies

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies		{Computername}_reg_Policies.txt
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones		{Computername}_reg_TimeZone.txt
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server Web Access

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermDD		{Computername}_reg_TermServices.txt
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRxSmb

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMB

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRxSmb10

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRxSmb20		{Computername}_reg_SMB.txt
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters{Computername}_reg_TCPIPParameters
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS{Computername}_reg_VSS.TXT
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iScsiPrt

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\iSCSI Target

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\iSCSI		{Computername}_reg_iSCSI.TXT
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\MPDev

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\iSCSIPrt

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSiSCSI

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDsm

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MPIO

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e97b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip		{Computername}_reg_Storage.TXT
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum{Computername}_reg_Enum.TXT


Virtualization
DescriptionFile Name
Basic information about machine virtual environments{Computername}_Virtualization.*


Other
DescriptionFile Name
Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) generated by gpresult.exe utility{Computername}_GPResult.*
System Information - MSInfo32 tool output – txt and nfo formats{Computername}_msinfo32.*


Additional information

In addition to the files collected and listed in this article, this troubleshooter can detect one or more of the following situations:
  • The computer is running in a virtual environment
  • The presence of a computer memory dumps within the past 30 days
  • The presence of user mode memory dumps within the past 30 days
  • Problems related to computer memory dump configuration
  • Unexpected Shutdown Event Logs in the System log within the past 30 days (Events 41 from Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power)
  • Computer memory dump-related event logs in the System log within the past 30 days (Events 1001 from Save Dump)
  • A pre-release version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

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References

For more information about the diagnostic tool, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
973559 Frequently asked questions about the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) when it is used with Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

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Article Info
Article ID : 2027424
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 1/21/2014
Exists online : False
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