hello all,
hope you all are well.
just wondering does anyone know a way using VBScript to detect the
print spooler is down.
the problem is that when the spooler crashes - it's state remain
"running"
is there a way to send data[a request] to the spooler , wait , then
somehow test output from the spooler to determine if it is really
running or not.
i don;t know much about spoolers so im not sure if this is
possible[should be though] and i don't know what kind of data/request
would be ideal to send to it.
something along the lines of:
1) send data to spooler.
2) spooler processes info.
3) spooler sends out info [whatever info this is would determine if it
was crashed] - ie, if nothing returned and it should therefore spooler
down.
i know its all a bit vague but if anyone can help i'd be delighted.
thanks all.