Spooler Fails to Notify When Disk is Full (169255)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q169255

SUMMARY

Prior to Windows NT version 4.0, if the disk partition where the print files were spooled ran out of space, the spooler would generate a pop-up message with the following dialog:
The partition is out of disk space.
With Windows NT 4.0, a warning is not generated and the document does not print. Additionally, no entry is written to the event log.

MORE INFORMATION

Because of changes in the design of the Windows NT 4.0 printing subsystem, the spooler does not attempt to detect when the disk that stores the temporary spool files runs out of space.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/7/2001
Keywords:kbinfo kbprb kbprint KB169255
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