Re: Which protocols & bindings?

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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> I need to maintain connection to a Novell Neware 3.2 server, so I
> have to have IPX/SPX on a couple of my machines. But on machines that
> don't connect to Netware, if I disable the IPX/SPX protocol, *or* the
> NWLink, I can no longer print from an XP machine to another XP
> machine.
> Obviously I've got TPC/IP loaded, along with Client for Microsoft
> Windows & File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Windows.
>
> I would have thought that I could maintain pure TCP/IP across the
> Windows XP machines (the ones that don't need to connect to Netware)
> and be fine, but, as mentioned, anything I do to limit IPX/SPX kills
> printing. And yes, I did unbind IPX/SPX, which, I'd thought, would
> force Windows to use the remaining TCP/IP binding.

Windows Firewall on the machines?

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