Faulting application splwow64.exe

I am running Windows 7 64 pro. When I start VMware player, with Windows XP service pack 3 installed, I get the error message "this application has requested runtime开发者_StackOverflow社区 to terminate it in an unusual way" Microsoft visual C++.

I have dug into the event log and it is telling me that splwow64.exe is the faulting application. I was concerned at first but now that I know that it is a 32 bit print spooler it does not seem like such a big deal but it is annoying. Any thoughts on how to correct the problem?

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splwow64 has issues with vmware (leaks memory). Remove printers from the guest machine on vmware, should work normally.