Setting Printer Permissions in XP Home Edition

[James]

I am running Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP3. I cannot get the security tab
to appear to change the permissions on my printer. I have tried holding the
ctrl key like help suggests. I have tried safe mode, but the printers do not
show up in safe mode. I also have tried the tips on www.dougknox.com. Any
other suggestions?

 

[Malke]

I am running Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP3. I cannot get the security
tab
to appear to change the permissions on my printer. I have tried holding
the
ctrl key like help suggests. I have tried safe mode, but the printers do
not
show up in safe mode. I also have tried the tips on www.dougknox.com.
Any other suggestions?

What permissions are you trying to change? XP Home doesn't allow for setting
fine-grained permissions; i.e., where you might have one user group that is
allowed to print and another one that isn't.

What are you trying to accomplish (your end goal)?

Malke

 

[James]

I have been able to access the security tab on a Windows XP Media Edition. I
need to set the permission so that "EVERYONE" can manage the printer.

The problem presented itself when I added a Vista 64-bit system to our XP
32-bit network. I have to have a different driver for the Vista system. Our
printer is an HP 8150d printer. It has a duplex unit installed, but the
Vista system does not automatically recieve those settings, so I need to
manually set them. I can't do that unless I can set the permissions on the
XP system to permit everyone to manage the printer.

I hope the helps explain the situation better.

Thanks,
James

 

[Malke]

I have been able to access the security tab on a Windows XP Media Edition.
I need to set the permission so that "EVERYONE" can manage the printer.

The problem presented itself when I added a Vista 64-bit system to our XP
32-bit network. I have to have a different driver for the Vista system.
Our
printer is an HP 8150d printer. It has a duplex unit installed, but the
Vista system does not automatically recieve those settings, so I need to
manually set them. I can't do that unless I can set the permissions on
the XP system to permit everyone to manage the printer.

I hope the helps explain the situation better.

Yes, it does. To get the security tab in Windows Media Center Edition go to
Folder Options>View tab and uncheck the last option, "Use Simple File
Sharing". The file system must also be formatted NTFS.

Malke

 

[James]

I appologize for the confusion, I was stating that i was able to get it to
work on the XP Media Edition computer already.

I'm am trying to get the XP home edition computer to do the same thing. Is
it possible?

 

[Malke]

I appologize for the confusion, I was stating that i was able to get it
to work on the XP Media Edition computer already.

I'm am trying to get the XP home edition computer to do the same thing.
Is it possible?

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke