| Event Id | 1114 |
| Source | TermServDevices |
| Description | Error communicating with the Spooler system service. Open the Services snap-in and confirm that the Print Spooler service is running. |
| Event Information | "According To Microsoft:" RESOLUTION: WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. To resolve this issue, try the following methods until the issue is resolved: • Start the spooler service on the server. • Turn off Windows printer mapping and LPT port mapping for Terminal Services connections. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, click Run, type TSCC.MSC, and then click OK. 2. Click Connections, and then double-click RDP-Tcp. 3. Click the Client Settings tab. 4. Click to clear the Windows printer mapping check box, click to clear the LPT port mapping check box, and then click OK. • As a last resort, you can add the fEnablePrintRDR registry entry to delete the error message. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. 2. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd 3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value. 4. Type fEnablePrintRDR, and then press ENTER. 5. Double-click fEnablePrintRDR, in the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK. Note Setting fEnablePrintRDR to 0 (disabled) will also disable client drive mappings. |
| Reference Links | Terminal Services event messages 1100 or 1114 in Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 |
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