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Quick TIP : Cancelling Print jobs without restarting

by Geekboy on 7 January, 2009

Clicked on the “Print” command? but realised that you forgot to change something?

killprinterjobYou may even know to use the Printer Spooler function in Windows XP and Vista. But it just shows it’s deleting the Print job but takes forever!

Here’s a quick tip.

Open a command prompt (go to Start | Run, then type cmd) and enter the following:

net stop spooler
del c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.shd
del c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.spl
net start spooler

It should kill all the pending jobs to your printer…

You can download the batch file from here.   killprinterjobs.bat
[Please check if your folder names are the same before using!
Right mouse click and save it to your main hard disk directory to run from cmd.]

Save some trees and recycle your paper. :)

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Changing Logon User Name in XP/Vista

by Geekboy on 28 November, 2008

If you have taken over a previous worker’s computer or just want to change the logon user name in Windows XP or Vista.

Try this.

Windows XP

1. Start Button

2. Click on ‘Run’

3. Enter “control userpasswords2″

4. Click on the user you want to change the name and use ‘Properties’.

5. Click on ‘Ok’ or ‘Apply’ to make the changes.

Windows Vista

1. Start Button

2. On the search bar, enter “netplwiz”

3. Click on the user you want to change the name and use ‘Properties’.

4. Click on ‘Ok’ or ‘Apply’ to make the changes.

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