Article ID: 138808
Article Last Modified on 3/9/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q138808
SYMPTOMS
The error "Error Writing to Winspool.drv" appears while you are:
- Setting up Visual FoxPro under Windows or Windows for WorkGroups. -or-
- Starting Visual FoxPro.
CAUSE
The LaserMaster Print Manager was installed before you ran Setup. When Visual FoxPro is installed under Windows or Windows for Workgroups, the Setup program installs Win32s. The LaserMaster drivers interfere with installing Win32s because the LaserMaster creates a WINSPOOL device. When the Setup program tries to write to Winspool.drv, it fails because it tries to write to the WINSPOOL device instead.
WORKAROUND
Disable the WINSPOOL driver before installing Visual FoxPro. Once Visual FoxPro and Win32s have been installed, you can reinstall the driver. You may need to disable the driver at all times to run Visual FoxPro. However, this should not prevent you from printing to the LaserMaster. To disable the driver, change the following three lines to comments in the [386enh] section of the System.ini file.
device = lmharold.386
device = lmmi
device = lmcap
Then restart your computer before you install Visual FoxPro, so the changes take effect.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
REFERENCES
For more information about this issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
106715 Troubleshooting Win32s Installation Problems
Additional query words: VFoxWin
Keywords: kbprb KB138808
