Re: win98 print server issues on sbs 2003 domain

Hi,

Welcome to our SBS newsgroup.

Problem description:

I understand that you encountered some problem when printing from Windows
98 clients to a windows 98 printer server.

Analyzing:

Before we go to troubleshoot this issue, please understand that Windows 98
is not a fully supported client OS on SBS domain. It might be some
limitation when using Windows 98 clients to access SBS domain resources.
Since Windows 98 clients is not actually logon SBS domain due to SMB
signing is enabled on SBS domain by default. So it might also cause some
issue when printing or access shared resources on SBS domain.

Suggestions:

Since the SMB signing is enabled on the SBS 2003 server, the Windows 98
users may not actually logon the network. By default, security settings on
domain controllers that run Windows Server 2003 are configured to help
prevent domain controller communications from being intercepted or tampered
with by malicious users. For users to successfully negotiate communications
with a domain controller that runs Windows Server 2003, these default
security settings require that client computer use both server message
block (SMB) signing and encryption or signing of secure channel traffic.
Since the Windows 98 clients are not fully compatible with the SMB signing
and then the problem could occur. Please refer to the steps below to
disable SMB signing:

1. Open the Default Domain Controllers Policy.
2. Open the Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local
Policies\Security Options folder.
3. Locate the Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications
(always) policy setting, and then click Disabled or Do Not Configure.

It is also recommended that you install the updated DSclient (the one
included in the SBS 2K3 setup CD cannot be installed on 98 clients) on the
98 clients.
More detailed information can be found in the KB articles below:

323466 Availability of the Directory Services Client Update for Windows 95
and Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323466

Also you have ISA server installed on your SBS domain, if possible could
you try to attach the printer on SBS server to see if the issue can be
resolved. In additional, please also refer to KB article below configure
your printer server on Windows 98 clients:

310495 "Invalid Page Fault in Module Negotiat.dll" Error Message During
Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310495

More info:

261325 Error Message: Wuloader Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=261325

811497 Error Message When Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Client Logs On to
Windows Server 2003 Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811497

555038 How to enable Windows 98/ME/NT clients to logon to Windows 2003
based Domains
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555038


Hope the above information helpful, if you have any further concerns;
please feel free to let me know. I am here waiting for your updates.

Best regards,

Charles Yang (MSFT)

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