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We will be disabling the spooler service as a policy from the top level. We do urge you, however, to follow the steps blow below for the unmanaged computers to validate that your computer is protected.

Computers not under full CNS IT management, and self-managed computers:

1. Open the services snap-in.

   1. You can find it by searching for 'services' in the bar next to the start Start menu (Windows 10) or at the bottom of the start menu (Windows 7).
   2. Run the services snap-in as administrator, in on the right - side of the start Start screen (Windows 10) or by right-clicking (Windows 7 and some custom Windows 10 layouts).
      

2. Find the Print Spooler service, right-click it, and go to Properties

   
   

3. Press Stop in the

   properties

   Properties window to disable the spooler service.

   

4. Set the startup type

   to disabled to

   to to make sure the service doesn't start again when you reboot.