Printer Driver Installation: Start the offline operating system and reinstall the printer

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.PrinterDriver.PrinterDriverInstallationStatus.System.Starttheofflineoperatingsystemandreinstalltheprinter.EventBased.UnitMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Start the offline operating system and reinstall the printer.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Start the offline operating system and reinstall the printer.

Resolutions

Start the offline operating system, open Printers in Control Panel and then use the Add Printer Wizard to install the printer interactively.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServerRole

Parent Monitor

System.Health.ConfigurationState

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Printer Driver Installation Status Alert

{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.PrinterDriver.PrinterDriverInstallationStatus.System.Starttheofflineoperatingsystemandreinstalltheprinter.EventBased.UnitMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServerRole" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.ConfigurationState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.PrinterDriver.PrinterDriverInstallationStatus.System.Starttheofflineoperatingsystemandreinstalltheprinter.EventBased.UnitMonitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="Negative" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>System</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>^(64)$</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>System</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>^(20|21|25)$</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>