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Aloke Prasad
I have XPPro running on the main PC (the one I use with an attached
printer that I share with 2 other PC's. The other PC's run XP Home and Win
2000 respectively, and used by my wife and son.
I have used the non-simple sharing scheme described in
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
I have accounts set up for wife and son on the main PC. They also use
passwords to login into their respective PC's. Their username and password
on their PC's matches the one I have set up on my PC. Everything is behind
a cable modem router/switch.
When they log-in to their PC, they see the printer but cannot access it
until they go to
MyNetworkPlaces|EntireNetwork|MSWindowsNetwork|workgroupname| and click on
my PC. They then get a login prompt where they supply their username and
password (the same as on my PC). After that, they can access the printer
and use it.
Question: is there any way for the shared printer to be available to them
without the extra step of logging into my PC ?
printer that I share with 2 other PC's. The other PC's run XP Home and Win
2000 respectively, and used by my wife and son.
I have used the non-simple sharing scheme described in
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
I have accounts set up for wife and son on the main PC. They also use
passwords to login into their respective PC's. Their username and password
on their PC's matches the one I have set up on my PC. Everything is behind
a cable modem router/switch.
When they log-in to their PC, they see the printer but cannot access it
until they go to
MyNetworkPlaces|EntireNetwork|MSWindowsNetwork|workgroupname| and click on
my PC. They then get a login prompt where they supply their username and
password (the same as on my PC). After that, they can access the printer
and use it.
Question: is there any way for the shared printer to be available to them
without the extra step of logging into my PC ?