Issue: One is unable to add a new printer on a Windows Bootcamp Partition on a Mac. The printer spooler will not start (more acuratly it will not stay started).  The event log will give an error similar to:

Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0×4a5bd3d1

Faulting module name: TPVMMon.dll, version: 2.0.51.5, time stamp: 0×48359080

Faulting application start time: 0×01caa2aa2c4394d8

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\TPVMMon.dll

Report Id: 7188e318-0e9d-11df-9123-895fd79b6e49

Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0×4a5bd3d1Faulting module name: TPVMMon.dll, version: 2.0.51.5, time stamp: 0×48359080Exception code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0×000000000000846eFaulting process id: 0×1300Faulting application start time: 0×01caa2aa2c4394d8Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exeFaulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\TPVMMon.dllReport Id: 7188e318-0e9d-11df-9123-895fd79b6e49

 

Affects:  Windows on a Mac.  Usually only once the bootcamp partition has been used by VMware Fusion on the Mac side. 

Solutions to the issue: Run Regedit and remove the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print\Monitors\ThinPrint Print Port Monitor for VMWare]

‘Comments:Export the Registry or take a system restore point before any changes to the registry!</u



‘Author: Drew Hunzeker