Re: Cannot access local printer through Remote Desktop

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:51:42 -0400

No--it isn't the firewall.

The printer traffic is going over the same 3389 TCP connection as the rest
of RDP. If RDP is working, the firewalls are properly configured for that,
and wouldn't interfere further with printing over RDP.

"Giga" <Giga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D0B61A7-6D9F-4EFF-AAD2-2E6DF143FDA2@microsoft.com...
> Either disable the firewall or turn "File and Print Sharing" exception on
> in
> the firewall.
>
> "A N Hasan" wrote:
>
>> I was having W2k Prof with Remote desktop and was able to access remote
>> server and use my local printer, now I installed a new maching with XP
>> and
>> SP2 and now I cannot use my local printer through remote desktop and
>> printer
>> option is already selected in the option-local resource..

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