Re: Unable to connect to shared printers in a Workgroup configuration
From: Manoj Nayak (m.nayak_at_onlineok.com)
Date: 04/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:34:18 -0500
Hello again Cari,
Went through those instructions, and tried it out; still at square one. I'm
starting to wonder if the issue lies in policy restrictions on the local
machine? While I'm at it, let me ask a quick question; If a local policy is
set to where a certain task is restricted, would this affect all users of
the local machine? Or just the current user?
Manoj
"Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
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> Good Morning Manoj
>
> See if Bruce Sanderson's instructions on installing a network printer stop
> your problem...
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
>
> --
> Cari
> MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Manoj Nayak" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:50b301c42c8b$b6e84c50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > Hello Cari,
> >
> > The thought did cross my mind. But that brings up the
> > other question. I can connect to the same shared printer
> > from any of the other 38 computers. So why would only
> > this one system run into the limitation problem? So, by
> > process of elimination, I'd have to chalk that off as a
> > possible cause. Plus, as I mentioned before, I've
> > compared services on two seperate pcs to the one that has
> > this problem, and they're all identical. The user has
> > Administrative rights on the local machine and there are
> > no user-ids or passwords needed for the shared printer
> > since the security setting is set to Everyone -> Print.
> > Any other thoughts? Any particular setting that I'm
> > possibly over looking here?
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>If the printers are connected to the XP Pro PCs, are you
> > sure you're not
> >>running into the 10 simultaneous connection limitation in
> > XP?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Cari
> >>MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
> >>www.coribright.com
> >>
> >>"Manoj Nayak" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > in message
> >>news:CAEF323A-C621-4C7B-8034-E78FA682EF56@microsoft.com...
> >>> This is the first time I've encountered this specific
> > issue. To give a
> >>> general idea of the setup, we have a workgroup
> > configuration of approx. 42
> >>> computers, 38 of them running Windows XP Professional
> > with SP1. Have
> >>> approx 11 printers that are shared and distributed
> > across various
> >>> departments. One of my users, who used to be able to
> > print to a shared
> >>> printer across the hallway, reported that yesterday, he
> > was no longer able
> >>> to print. I used his computer to try and connect to
> > the different shared
> >>> printers, but constantly get the error that Windows was
> > unable to connect
> >>> to the shared printer and that possible problem could
> > be that the print
> >>> spool service was not running. But, the spooler
> > service is running on
> >>> both systems, and the running services on both systems
> > are identical. I
> >>> compared that to my own system, which is able to
> > connect to the share, and
> >>> cound not find any difference. Any help is
> > appreciated. Let me know if
> >>> you need any specific info and I'll be glad to provide
> > it.
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
>
>
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