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Can't connect to a shared printer in 98/XP mixed mode network
I'm working in a mixed mode workgroup environment where my Windows 98 SE
machine is providing two main resources for my Windows XP professional machine. They a A shared folder and a shared printer. I can access the shared folder on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop but I can't connect to the shared printer on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop. I can ping the Windows 98 machine from the XP laptop as well. When I attempt to browse or connect to the shared printer from my XP laptop in Add Printer Wizard by selecting Microsoft Windows NetworkWORKGROUPName of Win 98 machineLEXMARK, and clicking Next when the correct path name or queue appears on top as \\R9X3Q5\LEXMARK, the following error message appears: "The server for the Lexmark Z52 Series Colorfine printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click OK. Otherwise, click cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct driver." However, when I downloaded and installed the correct Windows XP compatible driver from the manufacturer's website on my XP laptop, the Add Printer Wizard continued from where it left off above by requesting approval of the Software License Agreement, then a connect to printer error message appeared after a restart windows prompt stating "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server". Certainly, the printer name was not typed incorrectly and there was no connection loss to the server either because I can see all the shared resources including the shared printer on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop in My Network Places. As mentioned before, I can access the shared folder on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop and ping the destination computer. Please note that the printer is shared and the printer share name and printer port setting are all correct. The File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks is also installed and access is granted to my files and printer(s) as these check boxes are ticked. I was always able to print from this shared printer in the past using the same printer driver on the Win 98 machine. Furthermore, I didn't even have to use a XP driver on my XP laptop either as the existing Win9x/Win 2000 compatible driver on the Windows 98 machine allowed the Windows XP laptop to print from the shared printer over the local area network. The principle behind it is that the Windows 98 machine handles the print request from the XP laptop, thus allowing the use of the existing printer driver on the Windows 98 machine or through the use of a uni driver. I also have a print test page for proof purposes from which I was last able to print from my XP laptop using the existing Win9x print driver on my Windows 98 machine. On this successful print test page, it states that the Driver Name is UNIDRV.DLL, the Printer Name and Port Name is \\M8N9J2\LEXMARK. M8N9J2 represented the old name of my Windows 98 machine before I recently reinstalled the machine. The data file on this test page is down as LXACSDRV.GPD. If I printed a local test page from my Win 98 machine, the driver name would be displayed as lxacpr.drv. At this stage, I have even reinstalled the Windows 98 machine with another print driver from the manufacturer's website in order to eliminate certain potential sources. However, it yielded the same result. I have contacted Lexmark about the issue and I'm still awaiting feedback from them. I can say for sure that the problem is not due to a TCP/IP networking or remote issue as I can access the shared folder over the LAN and I can see all shared resources on the Win98 machine from my XP machine in My Network Places. Both compurers are visible in My Network Places from my XP laptop in My Network Places. The printer driver on the Win98 machine is not causing the problem either and the use of a suitable XP printer driver (although not necessary) on the laptop does not help either as requested in the first error message above. I can't find a Lexmark driver that covers all Microsoft operating systems so it is very important to note that I can't install a universal type driver on my Windows 98 machine for that particular Lexmark printer model. This might solve the problem if I could. Anyway, it definitely worked before when I used the Win9x driver that came new with my PC as I was able to print over the network from my XP laptop without ever requiring a suitable XP driver. At this stage the problem must be due to a VSERVER.vxd conflict encountered while setting up File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. I choosed to keep the new vserver.vxd as recommended at the time. It may also be due to recent windows update patches that were applied to both machines. Anyway, some configuration setting must have affected the interoperability between XP and 98 in relation to printer sharing in my workgroup network. I don't think there is any obvious or simple solution to this problem. Connecting to a shared printer only takes a few minutes to set up normally. I carried out the exact same procedure as I have done in the past. Like I said many times before, I was able to print from my XP laptop over the network in the past using the Win9x/Windows 2000 driver on the Windows 98 machine without any need for a XP driver. Please refer to the print Test Page details mentioned earlier if you have any doubts about this. I would greatly appreciate any help in relation to this issue from Microsoft or anybody out there. Thanks Martin |
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Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines
with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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Can't connect to a shared printer in 98/XP mixed mode network
Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines
with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying
out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The three links that you submitted in your previous reply does not correspond to the VSERVER conflict message that I was receiving when adding or installing the File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks in 98. The second link came close to resembling the vserver message as it was based around adding the File & Print service. In my case while adding the File & Printer sharing service, the VSERVER version conflict stated: "A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer. It's recommended that you keep your existing file File name vserver.vxd VSERVER Virtual Device Version 4.10.2224" This differs completely to the message in the second web link. Furthermore, I'm not getting any VSERVER message or missing vserver file when starting the PC as my computer system is working fine apart from this print sharing issue. At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Thanks, Martin "Brian A." wrote: Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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Can't connect to a shared printer in 98/XP mixed mode network
Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying
out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The three links that you submitted in your previous reply does not correspond to the VSERVER conflict message that I was receiving when adding or installing the File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks in 98. The second link came close to resembling the vserver message as it was based around adding the File & Print service. In my case while adding the File & Printer sharing service, the VSERVER version conflict stated: "A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer. It's recommended that you keep your existing file File name vserver.vxd VSERVER Virtual Device Version 4.10.2224" This differs completely to the message in the second web link. Furthermore, I'm not getting any VSERVER message or missing vserver file when starting the PC as my computer system is working fine apart from this print sharing issue. At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Thanks, Martin "Brian A." wrote: Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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ok here is the answer in less than two lines
Seek and Ye Shall Find. if both username and password are the same on both os's yer good to go. "Martin Healy" wrote in message ... Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The three links that you submitted in your previous reply does not correspond to the VSERVER conflict message that I was receiving when adding or installing the File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks in 98. The second link came close to resembling the vserver message as it was based around adding the File & Print service. In my case while adding the File & Printer sharing service, the VSERVER version conflict stated: "A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer. It's recommended that you keep your existing file File name vserver.vxd VSERVER Virtual Device Version 4.10.2224" This differs completely to the message in the second web link. Furthermore, I'm not getting any VSERVER message or missing vserver file when starting the PC as my computer system is working fine apart from this print sharing issue. At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Thanks, Martin "Brian A." wrote: Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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Can't connect to a shared printer in 98/XP mixed mode network
ok here is the answer in less than two lines
Seek and Ye Shall Find. if both username and password are the same on both os's yer good to go. "Martin Healy" wrote in message ... Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The three links that you submitted in your previous reply does not correspond to the VSERVER conflict message that I was receiving when adding or installing the File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks in 98. The second link came close to resembling the vserver message as it was based around adding the File & Print service. In my case while adding the File & Printer sharing service, the VSERVER version conflict stated: "A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer. It's recommended that you keep your existing file File name vserver.vxd VSERVER Virtual Device Version 4.10.2224" This differs completely to the message in the second web link. Furthermore, I'm not getting any VSERVER message or missing vserver file when starting the PC as my computer system is working fine apart from this print sharing issue. At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Thanks, Martin "Brian A." wrote: Ok, I've tested several ways between 98SE and XP home/pro networked machines with the printer connected to the 98SE machines. This first/second test is not needed as all other tests place the printer here. I have combined the separate selected tests to keep post size smaller. Start Settings Print/fax Add printer Next. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" Next. Select "Browse for Printer" or "Connect to this Printer..." and type in UNC Next. Typed in UNC or browsed and selected the printer Next. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network. Remove printer from Print/fax. Open Explorer My Network Places Entire Network MS Windows Network My WkGrp 98SE mach. Right click printer, click Open or Connect. Popup window appears and states: The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed. Yada yada Click Ok, select manufacturer/model and click Ok. Confirmation window appears, click finish. The printer is now accessible via network and shown in Start Settings Print/fax. No matter how/which way I added the printer, the drivers were installed and the printer was shown in print/fax. Execute find and search XP's for vserver. No vserver on XP's Execute find and search 98SE's for vserver. Found in C:\Windows\System dated 9/15/00 with a file size of 111kb. I now suggest you have a look at these and see if they help: Vserver.vxd File Not Found When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;194990 "Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred" Error Message When Attempting to Add File and Print Sharing Service http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;244229 Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at Address in Module Vxd Vserver http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302826 -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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"Martin Healy" wrote in message
... Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. I don't use Lexmark but I only see one name/model, and I have tested with 3 different printers. Could simply be a Lexmark thing. Might want to check the printer cables connection or try a different one. In XP printer properties, is there an Advanced tab Print Processor button? If so, is it using RAW datatype or other? If other, it may be part of or the problem. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The one in the cabs directory is not being used, those are Win98 setup files placed there by the manufacturer. Have you tried renaming the one in the System folder and extracting the one from the cab folder to see if it helps? At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Shows the same here on the test page with the exception of lex anything. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. What was purpose to reinstall 98 and was it a fresh install or over the top? Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? Yes If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Not that I've ever seen. Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Emphatically, Yes! So are all of the other security/protection apps. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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Can't connect to a shared printer in 98/XP mixed mode network
"Martin Healy" wrote in message
... Thanks for the detailed response and the effort you have put in to carrying out tests on printer sharing in a Windows 98/XP mixed mode environment where the 98 machine acts like a print server. When the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" alert message appeared while installing the network printer in Add Printer Wizard after browsing correctly to the \\Martin\LEXMARK, I took your advice and selected Lexmark from the manufacturer's list and then I choosed to install the built-in digitally Microsoft driver for the shared printer by selecting the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter model. Next the Default Printer page appeared and the subsequent "You have successfully completed the Add Printer Wizard" page appeared then and I just clicked Finish. The network shared printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes and is displayed as the default LEXMARK on MARTIN in bold with a pipe at the end, indicating a network printer. Please note, MARTIN is the new name of the Win 98 machine. The status of the printer is displayed as ready but is grayed out. Unfortunately, I can't print a test page from this shared network printer as it displays this error message: "Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance. Operation could not be completed". Consequently, I checked the properties of the network printer to see if certain parameters were correct. The port setting is set correctly to \\MARTIN\LEXMARK and LAN Manager Printer P is displayed in the description. Lexmark and Lexmark Z52 appear in the general tab of the printer properties. Sometimes the status of the network printer might show up as "Printer not found on server, unable to connect" instead of "Ready" which is not a good sign. I don't use Lexmark but I only see one name/model, and I have tested with 3 different printers. Could simply be a Lexmark thing. Might want to check the printer cables connection or try a different one. In XP printer properties, is there an Advanced tab Print Processor button? If so, is it using RAW datatype or other? If other, it may be part of or the problem. With regards to the VSERVER.vxd file, this file is found in the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directories in my Win 98 machine but as you pointed out is not found in XP. The size of the file is 112.912 bytes in both directories. The one in the cabs directory is not being used, those are Win98 setup files placed there by the manufacturer. Have you tried renaming the one in the System folder and extracting the one from the cab folder to see if it helps? At this stage it is very frustrating that I can't print from my XP laptop after spending so much time on this issue. Although the network printer appears now every time in Printer & Faxes in XP, I still can't print. I even tried printing a text document but I had no luck. Like I said many times before, I can access the shared folder on the 98 PC and make changes to its contents from my XP laptop but I simply can't print over the LAN from the laptop like in the past. I recall that the "The server for the "shared network printer" does not have the correct printer driver installed etc" message did not appear while successfully setting up the Network printer last December. In other words, I didn't have to use the built-in XP driver for my Lexmark 52 model in order for it to work at the time. Like I said in the first post, I still have that test page where it worked last. On this XP test page it states that the driver name is UNIDRV.DLL with a port name as \\Computer Name\LEXMARK. On a local 98 print test page, the driver name is lxacpr.drv. Shows the same here on the test page with the exception of lex anything. Anyway, the interoperability of print sharing in my 98/XP mixed mode seems to have gone when the 98 machine acts as a print server. Ever since the reinstallation of my 98 machine, this feature has never been the same. This is very strange as my Windows 98 machine is working better than ever as it seldoms crashes and I can also access and view all shared resources on this machine over the LAN from my XP laptop in My Network Places. I would like to thank your input again and would appreciate if you or anybody can come up with a another possible resolution to this print sharing problem. What was purpose to reinstall 98 and was it a fresh install or over the top? Finally, I would be obliged if could answer the 3 questions below as they may help in the diagnosis of the problem. I would like to ask you 3 short questions: You mentioned that the shared network printer appears in Printer/Faxes but can you print a test page in your 98/XP test environment from a XP machine that connects to a shared printer on a 98 machine? Yes If so, did you encounter the previously mentioned VSERVER conflict alert message when adding or installing the File & Printer service for Microsoft Networks on the 98 machine? Not that I've ever seen. Are all the Windows 98 and XP machines fully patched up with the all the updated critical windows updates installed? Emphatically, Yes! So are all of the other security/protection apps. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ |
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If only it were that simple. Not a single machine of mine has the same username.
-- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://basconotw.mvps.org/ "jd" wrote in message ... ok here is the answer in less than two lines Seek and Ye Shall Find. if both username and password are the same on both os's yer good to go. |
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