Hi
I have a server 2008 R2 (not a domain controller) running as a remote desktop session host with 2 remote XP SP3 client PCs connecting to it. Up until Friday last week these client PCs could successfully print via the redirected printer using the RD Easy Print Driver. As from this week though all printing has ceased! No updates have been installed on either server or clients in the interim. When I try to send a test print from the server (logged on using RD 7 for XP) it tells me that the test print has failed, do I want to run the troubleshooter? If I say yes then the troubleshooter fails with an unexpected error, the details of which include error code 0x80070057. If i try to print from the server using notepad I get the error "the parameter is incorrect". If I print from wordpad the document appears briefly in the queue but nothing prints. If I manually add a printer (using specific printer driver - not easy print driver) and choose the correct redirected port and then print using this printer, the print job appears briefly in the queue and then disappears - nothing appears in the print queue on the client PC and nothing prints. Initially printing like this caused the client TsWpfWrp.exe to fail but upgrading the version of TsWpfWrp.exe stopped this problem. I have tried updating to .net 4.0 on the client PC, upgrading from RD 6.1 to 7.0, XP SP2 to SP3 all to no avail.
Does anyone know the solution to this problem? I am at a complete loss as to the way forward. I have checked all group policies and set all the correct permissions on the spool and PRINTERS folder in system32 on the server and nothing seems to help.
Thanks for your help!