"Martin Healy" wrote in message
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Thanks for your response first of all. With regard to your clarification
question; the printer path name is displayed definitely as \\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK
and
not Printer\\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK. Sorry for the confusion, it is just that
\\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK appears within the text box and printer appears outside the
box as Printer: as normal in Print Wizard. Anyway, the queue name or path
name is definitely \\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK. Besides, I also mentioned that I could
browse for the shared printer on the Windows 98 machine from my XP laptop
under My Network Places, Microsoft Windows Network, Workgroup, R9X3Q8 and
then double clicking on the Lexmark printer which has a pipe at the end of
it, signifying a network printer. Therefore, Yes the printer does show up in
My Network Places Entire Network Microsoft Windows Network Workgroup
R9X3Q8.

Sorry, I misread the browse part.

The printer port setting for the shared Lexmark Printer on the Windows 98
machines shows up as LPT1: (Printer Port) in Printer Properties and the
sharename is displayed as LEXMARK. Please note that (Printer Port) is
actually highlighted as well and not just typed by me. Should the printer
port setting read LPT1 only and not LPT1: (Printer Port).

It reads as it should. I don't believe it's an issue on the 98 end but on the
XP end, that's where I wanted to know which port it was using. However, if you
can't access the printers properties on from XP, it's a moot moment.

Because I can't connect to the shared printer over the LAN, the printer does
not show in XP Settings Printers and Faxes.

It should show even with the 98 machine shutdown and that may be part of or
where the issue is. Have you tried Adding a Printer and installing it's drivers
from within print/fax?
With the 98 machine shut down and opening Print/fax in XP, the printer shows and
a connection is attempted. The status column will show "Opening", and then
change to "Printer not found on server, unable to connect". If the 98 machine is
on it will change from Opening to Ready.

I'll hold off on anything further until after any results by adding a printer.
The rest of your response I have kept below in the event someone else chimes in.
The older posts I have snipped from this response to keep the size down.

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Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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However, as mentioned
already, the shared printer does show in My Network Places Entire Network
Microsoft Windows Network Workgroup R9X3Q8 Lexmark. Also, if I double
click on the shared printer in My Network Places, it eventually leads to the
same error: "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name
was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the
server". This error message also occurs using the Add Printer method.

With regard to you final clarification, the window referring to selecting
the printer as Default or not, does not appear after Software License
Agreement acceptance window. Please see steps 7 - 9 again in original
message.

I'm wondering did the conflict VSERVER.vxd error have anything to do with my
problem when installing the File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks.
This came up with this strange message after inserting the Windows 98 SE CD:
"Version Conflict, A file being copied is older than the file currently on
your computer." "It is recommended that you keep your existing file: File
name vserver.vxd (VSERVER Virtual Device) Version 4.10.2224, Do you want to
keep this file". I clicked Yes at the time.

Unless of course, the blame is with my printer. However, I can print
locally from my Windows 98 machine. Please note again, that I was able to
print remotely from my XP laptop in the past under such time as I recently
reinstalled my Windows 98 machine. I have being setting up network printers
for along time now and I have never come across this problem. The problem
may be due to the vserver.vxd conflict or some new recent window update
security patches that were applied which has upset this printer sharing or
interoperability between XP and 98.

When I was installing the drivers for the Lexmark Z52 printer on my Windows
98 machine, the PC did hang or freeze temporarily during a portion of the
installation, but I was still was able to proceed and complete the
installation by ending a certain task (Upload Calender Notes) that wasn't
responding at the time. This was a fault with Lexmark and not Microsoft.
Anyway, I can print locally from my Windows 98 machine but not remotely from
my XP laptop.

At the end of the day, I still can't connect to the shared printer on the
Windows 98 machine from my XP laptop even though I can connect to or access
the shared folder on the Windows 98 machine from the Windows XP laptop.

Please help me with this problem. I could install the Lemark drivers
directly on the XP laptop and connect it to the printer anytime I wanted to
print from the laptop but I'm not satisified with this as I want to be able
to print remotely from it like in the past. It worked in the past, so I feel
it should work again. Please advise me if I should redirect this problem to
the Windows 98 Printing newsgroup section instead. I posted the problem here
as I felt it was more of a Windows 98 networking issue.

Anyway, I would appreciate any suggestions that would solve this irrating
problem.

Thanks,

Martin Healy