Print driver host for 32bit applications - Stopped working

Hey everyone, when I print to the Adobe PDF Converter print driver it will become unresponsive. It might work for 4 or 5 print jobs and the crash. This happens when printing from Illustrator CS5.5, IE9 and Visio 2010.
What normally happens is I will choose "print" then select "Adobe PDF" as the printer, the print progress bar comes up but not the explorer window where I choose to save the PDF. The Illustrator/IE/Visio crashes.
The only way to be able to print again is to logout and log back in to the machine. I've read some others re-starting the splwow64.exe but I haven't tried that.
I'm running a Windows7 Pro, 64-bit, SP1. Adobe Design Premium CS5.5, Acrobat X Pro. Everything is updated to the latest version.
Any ideas? Adobe?
Description
Faulting Application Path:              C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:                      BEX64
Application Name:                           splwow64.exe
Application Version:                         6.1.7601.17514
Application Timestamp:                   4ce7b4c8
Fault Module Name:                        StackHash_fa82
Fault Module Version:                      0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:                00000000
Exception Offset:                              0000000000000000
Exception Code:                                c0000005
Exception Data:                                 0000000000000008
OS Version:                                        6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID:                                           4105
Additional Information 1:                fa82
Additional Information 2:                fa8239828219b93f26dde8c1e098c60b
Additional Information 3:                fa82
Additional Information 4:                fa8239828219b93f26dde8c1e098c60b
cheers
Cam

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Faulting application TPOSDSVC.exe, version 1.1.3.0 faulting module MMDevApi.dll_unloaded
I've uninstalled the On Screen Display application a few times - no luck
-I uninstalled it from add/remove programs then reinstalled it via the Lenovo System Update utility.
I've checked my video drivers - up to date according to lenovo
The problem is presitent under new profiles.
I did some digging online and found a possible fix of altering some reg keys
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&message.id=28789&query.id=223...
The keys mentioned in that post were non- existent in this computers registry.... ?
I added them .... no dice
thanks in advance
-kirby
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Dear All
Error message on start "on screen display message generator for thinkpad has stopped working"
Event Log "Faulting application TPOSDSVC.exe"
OS Vista Business 32
I have experienced this on a customer's ThinkPad R61e Machine Type 7650-DNG and found that the following solves the problem.
Firstly run Thinkvantage System Update and get everything up to date from Critical, Recommended and Optional Updates tabs.
Next Run Windows Update and view the available updates select all High Priority Microsoft updates and any optional ones that you require and (and this is where it differs from normal Lenovo advice) select the Conexant Audio driver aswell.
Current Vista version available on Windows Update is 4.98 (Date 23 Jun 2009)
Current Vista version available on Thinkvantage System Update is 4.18 (Date 2 Oct 2007)
NB Re-installing 4.18 may have solved the problem also, but I have not tried that and do not plan to.
I hope this helps.
Jason Bolton - BWCL - Lenovo Premium Business Partner - www.bwcl.co.uk

Software Update printer driver update for HP causes an extra page to print that just has "2345X" printed on it.

A few days ago, Software Update showed a printer driver update for HP so I installed it. Now, after everything that I print, I get an extra page that just has "2345X" printed on it. I tried reinstalling the driver update but still get the extra page. Anyone know how to get stop this extra pgae from printing?

Hello charliemun,
What I suggest is to reset the print system, click the link below to proceed:
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Office 2013: Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working

Hi,
I have problems with adding additional e-mail address to my Outlook. When I open the Mail Control Panel Item, go to my Exchange Profile and add a new e-mail address I get a popup indicating that the Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working.
The only way of adding extra e-mail addresses is to remove my entire Outlook Profile. In the initial wizard I can add all Exchange mailboxes that I need (I have 3). After I've configured my Outlook profile I always receive the Rundll32 error. When I try
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I've tried the following:
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It doesn't matter which e-mail address I add in the initial Outlook configuration wizard. I always receive the error when I try to add a new mailbox, even when I add a mailbox that does not exist (e.g. [email protected]).
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For troubleshooting I also created a local account on my laptop but I get the same issues with this account.

Hi,
I'm also using Office 2013 32-bit and Windows 8.1 64-bit on my computer but doesn't get this issue. As you mentioned you reinstalled your PC, the first thing I suggest is to make sure your Windows and Office have been up to date.
The second thing is to make sure you are using the system with an administrator account, this ensures you the enough permission.
There is a possibility that some 3rd-party programs are interfering with "Mail", we can try to perform a clean boot to determine whether background programs are interfering with this:
1.Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click
Search.
2.Type msconfig in the search box, and then tap or click
msconfig.
3.On the Services tab of the System Configuration
dialog box, tap or click to select the Hide all Microsoft services
check box, and then tap or click Disable all.
4.On the Startup tab of the System Configuration
dialog box, tap or click Open Task Manager.
5.On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click
Disable.
6.Close Task Manager.
7.On the Startup tab of the System Configuration
dialog box, tap or click OK, and then restart the computer.
If in clean boot the issue doesn't exist, the issue was probably caused by the 3rd-party programs. For further information to troubleshoot, you can refer to this kb below:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
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Printer driver support for computers running Windows 8 Release Preview
HP is working to help customers have the best experience with HP printers connected to PCs running the final release of Windows 8. The pre-release time is a development period when HP develops and tests printer driver solutions. HP’s current plan is for Windows 8 compatible printers to be available when the new operating system is released to the public. HP is working with Microsoft to include drivers in the Windows 8 operating system for HP printers introduced in recent years.
There may be a variety of sources for a printer driver/solution for your HP printer on a computer running Windows 8 Release Preview.
inOS:
An in-Operating System (inOS) driver is a basic driver that is included within the operating system. You do not need to download or install any software from HP. Windows 8 Relase Preview contains several inOS drivers. If an inOS driver is available for your printer, you will have at least basic print capability with USB and Network and basic scan capability with USB only (if your printer supports scanning).
Windows Update:
There might be a more functional or more up-to-date driver available for your printer through Microsoft Windows Update. If Windows Update is enabled, then the Windows Update process activates automatically when you connect (USB and Network connections) the printer to the computer. It searches online for the most recent print driver on the Windows Update site. If the online driver is more functional than the currently installed driver in Windows 8, the computer downloads and installs this driver.
HP Supplied Printer Driver/Solutions:
Although HP does not formally support any pre-release versions of Windows Operating Systems, including Windows 8 Release Preview, we may supply some full functionality drivers* prior to the official release of Windows 8. These drivers may be supplied as a courtesy to our valued HP customers through this Support Forum, though no formal support will be available otherwise. We welcome feedback within these support forums. Please check back for further updates as the official release of Windows 8 approaches.
* Full feature drivers provide full product functionality, plus valuable software to help you get the most out of your printer.

Hi vireshr,
Check out the following thread.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Windows-8-Release-Preview/How-to-Get-Your-Inkjet-Printer-Working-with-W...
I am an HP employee.
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