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?

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