"auto" printer in XP workgroup

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I'm running a network of a couple dozen boxes running XP Pro SP2, all
joined in a workgroup. I connected an HP 2100 printer to one of these
machines and shared the printer with the intent of setting it up on two
other machines on the workgroup. However, now when I go to some of the
other machines on the workgroup, there is already a printer on those
machines called "Auto HP 2100n on <computer name>". I have *not* set
this printer up myself -- it was generated without any user intervention.

Does anyone know how this happened, or more appropriately, how to keep
it from happening? I've looked all through the printer's configuration
and all through the sharing pages and can't find anything related to
automatic printer setups on other machines on the network.

Most of my experience with networks larger than a few machines has been
on domain-based systems, so this may very well just be something about
working on a workgroup and I've never seen it before. Any advice would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
S. Craft
 
S. Craft said:
I'm running a network of a couple dozen boxes running XP Pro SP2, all
joined in a workgroup. I connected an HP 2100 printer to one of these
machines and shared the printer with the intent of setting it up on
two
other machines on the workgroup. However, now when I go to some of
the other machines on the workgroup, there is already a printer on
those
machines called "Auto HP 2100n on <computer name>". I have *not* set
this printer up myself -- it was generated without any user
intervention.

Does anyone know how this happened, or more appropriately, how to keep
it from happening? I've looked all through the printer's
configuration and all through the sharing pages and can't find
anything related to automatic printer setups on other machines on the
network.

Most of my experience with networks larger than a few machines has
been on domain-based systems, so this may very well just be something
about
working on a workgroup and I've never seen it before. Any advice
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
S. Craft
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XP automatically searches for shares, including printers, when connected
to a network. To disable this, go to the View tab in the Control Panel
Folder Options applet. Under Advanced, uncheck "Automatically Search
for Network Folders and Printers", Apply and OK out.

Malke
 
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