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Windows 98 client unable to browse network printers
Greetings,
my problem is as stated: a Windows 98 client is not able to browse network printers (tried with a NT 4 PDC and several other Windows 2000 workstations). Using "Add Printer Wizard" and typing the \\pdc\\printername UNC path explicitly I can trigger Point and Print driver download, but not view what printers are available. Using "net view" shows no shared resources of type "Print", either. The Windows 98 is using Client for Microsoft Networks and logs on to the Windows NT domain on the PDC. It can browse file shares just fine. Thank you in advance, Davide Bolcioni |
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Windows 98 client unable to browse network printers
I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the
network. First double-check that Printer Sharing is installed in Network properties. Also, check for Autologon in the registry. "Unable to Browse the Network" Clicking Network Neighborhood http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260214 If this doesn't help, then I'd suggest removing all network components, then shut down. When you have restarted the computer, add them back in. If still no joy, try clean booting (Msconfig, remove check from Startup items) to see if something loading at Startup is causing the problem. PattyL "Davide Bolcioni" wrote in message ... Greetings, my problem is as stated: a Windows 98 client is not able to browse network printers (tried with a NT 4 PDC and several other Windows 2000 workstations). Using "Add Printer Wizard" and typing the \\pdc\\printername UNC path explicitly I can trigger Point and Print driver download, but not view what printers are available. Using "net view" shows no shared resources of type "Print", either. The Windows 98 is using Client for Microsoft Networks and logs on to the Windows NT domain on the PDC. It can browse file shares just fine. Thank you in advance, Davide Bolcioni |
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Windows 98 client unable to browse network printers
PattyL wrote:
I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the network. The machine was the only Win98 computer on the network ... and the culprit wast the printer name: found out the hard way that Win98 does not show printer names longer than 11 characters. Thank you for your interest, Davide Bolcioni |
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Windows 98 client unable to browse network printers
Thanks for sharing your resolution.
PattyL "Davide Bolcioni" wrote in message ... PattyL wrote: I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the network. The machine was the only Win98 computer on the network ... and the culprit wast the printer name: found out the hard way that Win98 does not show printer names longer than 11 characters. Thank you for your interest, Davide Bolcioni |
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