setting up client printing on RDP

[Joe]

Hello,
I am setting up a windows 98 client to RDP to an XP home workstation. I need
to know the exact setup process to have Win98 print drivers on the XP
worstation to provide automatic mapped client printer services from the
windows 98 client local printer. Please redirect me to documentation to
resolve this process. I found documentation for Terminal Services and
Windows 2003 , but nothing so far on just a single XP workstation setup .
Thank you.

Joe

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,
I am setting up a windows 98 client to RDP to an XP home workstation.

Sorry, that won't work. Only Win XP Pro can host Remote Desktop connections.
There are other options (such as VNC) if you can't for some reason upgrade
the XP box to Pro. Or did you perhaps mean you have an XP Pro box at *home*
?

I need to know the exact setup process to have Win98 print drivers on
the XP worstation to provide automatic mapped client printer services
from the windows 98 client local printer. Please redirect me to
documentation to resolve this process. I found documentation for
Terminal Services and Windows 2003 , but nothing so far on just a
single XP workstation setup . Thank you.

Joe

Given XP Pro as the host - you need the latest Remote Desktop client on the
Win98 PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...fc-4b4a-40e7-a706-cde7e9b57e79&DisplayLang=en

Then enable local printer redirection in the properties of the connection.

Also:
See http://www.workthin.com/tsp.htm

and
Printers That Use Ports That Do Not Begin With COM, LPT, or USB Are Not
Redirected in a Remote Desktop or Terminal Services Session
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

XP Home Edition does not support Remote Desktop connections. See:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP