Question : Problem: Could bad printer drivers be causing terminal server hangs?

I have a terminal server that exhibits strange hangs and lags that I have not been able to completely fix. After Googling many of the strange behaviors I have encountered, I keep seeing the same thing again and again. Uninstall and re-install the print drivers. Now here are the questions:

Does anyone know if faulty or incorrect drivers can cause hangs, locks, occasional black screen at logon that goes away after a few minutes?

Since I have 29 print drivers installed and 27 of them are for different varieties of HP printers, can I delete all the HP drivers and replace them with the generic HP driver for PCL5?

I do not recognize some of the drivers in the list. By that, I mean I do not remember having installed them. Is it possible that a user could have done so without admin privledges? Perhaps without even being aware they had done this? How do I prevent this? Prevent the installation of printers in GPO?

Thanks for the help. If I don't track down what is causing this, I may go mad!

Answer : Problem: Could bad printer drivers be causing terminal server hangs?

If the driver gets hung in memory, it could easily cause the spoolsv.exe service to use excessive CPU usage, resulting in what you see as a hang....

Honestly, I have never tried using a generiic driver, but I think you might lose some print functionality.I would first and foremost, drop any PCL 6 drivers, to see if thats corrupting the spooler... Revert them to PCL5 if you can.....