Network Printing Problem

[Bruce Harrus]

I have a printer installed directly on a W2K computer and
want to print to it from a laptop running XP.

I can add a printer to the laptop with the Printer Wizard,
and print to it fine: however when I turn the laptop off
and back on at a later time, I get "access denied, unable
to connect."

I can delete the printer, reinstall with the Wizard and I
am in business again. It is my understanding that if W2K
security says that "everyone" can print on the printer,
what is happening to prevent access? I have setup sharing
on this printer.

Also, another desktop running XP will not work with the
printer. When I try to print, I am asked for the User
Name and Password.

It is very confusing. I have tried for 2 weeks to fix
this problem, but apparently, I keep making the same
mistake over and over.

Help, please.

Thanks very much,

Bruce Harris
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Subrahmanya Bhandarkar [MSFT]]

I think you are configured all system in work group. These are the common
problem when you are using workgroup model for sharing the resources. (I
know that setting up the domain model is not feasible for small network)
If you don't need the security try to maintain the same user name and
password for all the system and try once again.


Subbu
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