-- Posted by rawrr at 12:05 am on April 27, 2008 Well since i put a topic up about my computer i figured out spools.exe has been running every time on my computer when i start it... i dont have ANYTHING on when my computer loads or anything. i read up on it and it COULD be a virus, but since i've scanned and its nothing, they also said its a printer process, thing is... i haven't tried to print ANYTHING and idk, i just ended the process and no problem so far... explicit: throat. -- Posted by Casey Burns at 12:12 am on April 27, 2008 That's good. -- Posted by Alex2 at 12:16 am on April 27, 2008 why is it explicit? -- Posted by JeremyM at 8:00 am on April 29, 2008 Quote: from rawrr at 3:05 am on April 27, 2008 Well since i put a topic up about my computer i figured out spools.exe has been running every time on my computer when i start it... i dont have ANYTHING on when my computer loads or anything. i read up on it and it COULD be a virus, but since i've scanned and its nothing, they also said its a printer process, thing is... i haven't tried to print ANYTHING and idk, i just ended the process and no problem so far... No matter what, whether you have a printer or not - spools.exe is an automatic process. Yes, you can end it or turn it off completely, but it won't make a difference. All it is is the "printer" service. It basically adds support for your computer to be able to print. Nothing harmful. -- Posted by MemeCat at 7:05 pm on April 29, 2008 spools.exe is the printer "spool service". You require this additional pylon if you wish to print anything.