Net use & XP

[Guest]

I have one old DOS program which the developer has no upgraded. In order to
print from this program I need to "capture" lpt1. My research shows the Net
Use lpt* can't be used by a normal user in XP.

I have Server 2003 which is where the printer resides.

I put the devcon disable command for lpt1 in the users network logon. This
was supposed to allow the Net Use statement. No such luck!

The command strats a query for Administrator logon and password. When those
are enterd I get a "System 5 error".

Can anyone let me know a solution to this.

Putting the devcon command in a Group Policy would require me creating a
Group of one. A complete waste.

 

[Guest]

Hi, try this,

net use \\**.**.**.**\ipc$ /u:"" ""

where **.**.**.** is the IP address to the other computer

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. I got the "System 5 error" with this also.

Can you think of anything I might have done incorrectly with the login
script? That would be my next guess.

 

[gerryf]

A little off track, but have you considered using the runas command? Even as
a command line batch file?