EnableBroadcastSpoolerStatus

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description

Determines whether the system sends spooler and job status messages when the job count changes.

Value Meaning
0 Status messages are not sent.
1 Status messages are sent.
 

Note Image Note

In Windows NT 4.0 and earlier, the spooler sent messages by default, but this behavior is changed in Windows 2000 to improve performance.

Caution Image Caution

A value of 1 can degrade the performance of your system by requiring programs that don't use spooler information to read and discard it.