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How to Remove Spools.exe From the Registry

    • 1). Click the "Start" button, and then click on the "Run" option. Type "Regedit.exe" into the "Run" box. Press the "Enter' button to launch the Registry Editor.

    • 2). Follow this path from the left side of the Registry Editor to get into the Spools registry key:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-2

      Right-click on all of the items in the folder, and then select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when it appears.

    • 3). Follow this path from the left side of the Registry Editor to get into the Spools registry key:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-3

      Right-click on all of the items in the folder. Select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when prompted.

    • 4). Click on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" from the left side of the "Registry Editor." Click on the "SYSTEM" icon followed by the "ControlSet001" icon, the "Control" icon, the "Print" icon, the "Environments" icon, the "Windows NT x86" icon and the "Drivers" icon. Click on the "Version-2" icon to open it. Right-click on all of the items in the folder, and then select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when it appears.

    • 5). Click on the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" icon from the left side of the "Registry Editor." Click on the "SYSTEM" icon followed by the "ControlSet001" icon, the "Control" icon, the "Print" icon, the "Environments" icon and the "Windows NT x86." Click "Drivers," and then click the "Version-3" icon. Right-click on all of the items in the folder, and then select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when it appears.

    • 6). Click the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" icon, and then click the "SYSTEM" icon followed by "CurrentControlSet" and "Control." Click the "Print\Monitors" icon, and then right-click on the items in the folder that are not part of the "Apple Talk Printing" drivers, including "BJ Language Monitor, "AppleTalk Printing Devices," "Standard TCP/IP Port," "PJL Language Monitor," " USB Monitor," and "Windows NT Fax Monitor." Select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when it appears.

    • 7). Click the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" icon from the left side of the "Registry Editor." Click the "SYSTEM" icon followed by "CurrentControlSet," the "Control" icon and "Print." Click "Printers," and then right-click on all of the items in the folder. Select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when it appears.

    • 8). Click the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" icon from the "Registry Editor," and then click the "SYSTEM" icon. Click the "ControlSet001" icon followed by the "Control" icon. Click the "Print" icon, and then click "Printers." Right-click on all of the items in the folder, and then select the "Delete" button from the menu that appears. Confirm the deletion by clicking the "Yes" button when prompted.

    • 9). Exit out of the Registry Editor. Click the "Start" button followed by "Shut Down" and "Restart" option. When the computer restarts, the virus will be gone.

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