<!-- [if gte mso 10]> <mce:style> Our Objectives- Copies chart from existing excel file & changes its data & exports that as image. The process is divided in major 3 steps. Get chart object from existing file Paste new data to chart Export chart as image During any of these three step it fails without any reason Below is the event descrption <!-- [if gte mso 10]> <mce:style> ....................................................................... Event Type: Information Event Source: Application Popup Event Category: None Event ID: 26 Date: 10/18/2010 Time: 6:29:40 PM User: N/A Computer: AETR-009 Description: Application popup: EXCEL.EXE - Application Error : The instruction at "0x301d36fc" referenced memory at "0x000001a4". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp .

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Hello Mr. X It seems we are near to fix this error. Facing same problem here. Providing more info ... I have observed some event logs that shows some printer/driver are missing along with excel.exe error. Tried removed all printer installed & then stopped spooler service. Retried application ...No logs of excel but excel was not initiated due to following error =>Event Type: Warning Event Source: TermServDevices Event Category: None Event ID: 1114 Date: 10/18/2010 Time: 7:47:37 PM User: N/A Description: Error communicating with the Spooler system service. Open the Services snap-in and confirm that the Print Spooler service is running. Resumed Spooler service & attempted 1 more time. But this time new error!! Event Type: Warning Event Source: PlugPlayManager Event Category: None Event ID: 263 Date: 10/19/2010 Time: 12:41:28 PM User: N/A Description: The service "SPOOLER" may not have unregistered for device event notifications before it was stopped. Is this correct what we are doing?

Started followed service on server & application for 4 cycle completely successful. 1. NET Runtime Optimization Service 2. Alerter service 3. ASP.NET State 4. The Print Spooler Now error seems to less occurant.Previously it was throwing excel/printer error on every cycle begining.