[dba-Tech] Windows Printer Sharing Question

If you navigate to \\Hal9001 it should show you a list of the visibly shared
folders. I don't know about a workgroup, but on a Domain, they are: Printers
and Scheduled Tasks. If you share a printer, it should appear in that list
too. Right click on the printer, then hit connect. That should give you a
connection to the printer and install the relevant drivers for it. After
that you shouldn't need to do anything else, just print.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
Sent: 23 March 2005 15:20
To: dba-tech
Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Printer Sharing Question


I am implementing my new machine - Hal9004.  It came with Win XP Home.

My current development machine is Hal9002 with WIN XP Pro.
The backup development machine is Hal9001 - Windows 2000.  
Hal9001 has the shared printer hooked to it. 

When I start Hal9001 it prompts me for user name and password to which I
simply press enter.  User name is Administrator with no password.

Hal9002 has no problem printing through Hal9001.  

But the new box - Hal9004 requires that I connect to Hal9001 before it will
'see' the printer.  I go to network neighborhood on Hal9004, click on
Hal9001's shared drive C, put in the user name Administrator and no
password, and everything's fine - I can print from Hal9004 through the
network printer on Hal9001.

Of course, this is a PITA and I'd like Hal9004 to see the network printer
without having to do this connecting trick just like it's older brother
Hal9002..

BTW, all the drives are shared.  

Any ideas how to fix this?

MTIA,

Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
http://www.e-z-mrp.com
858-259-4334
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