March 2008

Monthly Archive

Sync Google Calendar with Outlook 2007 or 2003

Posted by walsh_r on 18 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: GMail, Google, Microsoft

Google has forged ahead yet again!

Google Sync

Many thought GMail’s previous support of IMAP had finally made Google a major player in the online application industry.  However, one major downfall has always been the lack of standardized support to syncronize Google Calendar with the heavily used personal and business used Microsoft Outlook.

Early this month, Google officially announced that Google Calendar will now sync with Outlook 2007, and 2003.  Synchronization is made possible by use of a small resource light tool called Google Calendar Sync.

Once installed, this software can monitor your primary Google Calendar, and default Outlook Calendar.  It provides directional control over the flow of information (one or two way synchronization options).  Syncs can even be configured to automatically run at a minimum of every 10 minutes.

Check out this Google Calendar Help page for more information, and to download the latest version of the Google Sync software.

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SPOOLSV.EXE high CPU usage FIX

Posted by walsh_r on 10 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Printing or Scanning, Windows

Symtoms:

  • Slow or unresponsive Windows XP system.
  • SPOOLSV.EXE high CPU usage (90-100%)

Cause:

  • Print spool service hung on a corrupted file stored in a temporary printer queue directory.

Resolution:

  1. Restart the Windows XP workstation.
  2. Log into the workstation with an Administrative account.
  3. Delete the contents of the following directory:
    1. c:\windows\system32\spool\Printers\
  4. Restart the print spooler service (and or the entire workstation).

Anyone managing a group of Windows XP workstations noticing SPOOLSV.EXE hogging the CPU from task manager should give this a try.

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