Now for some reason my Win98SE computer will only show icons in low colour,
with Printer and HDD sharing activated. Strange but I can live with it.

As soon as I deactivate sharing on both HDD and Printer the icons return to
high colour.


"Warren" wrote in message
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No wonder so many people don't like Vista, but this looks like the
solution
alright, thank you very much ))

"Warren" wrote in message
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Thanks Jeff, I'll take a look ))

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
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This is actually a Vista issue. To connect a network printer using
Vista
you need to create a local port and connect the printer to that port.
See,
for instance:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2680&SiteID=17
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Warren" wrote in message
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Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could
see
it
because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with
it.

I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm
unclear
how
to
connect it to the Win98 print server.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact
steps.
Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I
tried
to
install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I
recall,
it
turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except*
692C.
IOW I'm SOL.

But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I
said,
you
install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run
some
command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create
a
new
port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no
literature
I
have come across seems to be very clear, either.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Warren" wrote in message
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I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop
sees
printer
on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this
legacy
print
server a Win 98SE machine somehow ?

Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought
someone
must
have experience in trying this.