Networking Windows 2000 & Windows 98

[Guest]

In my office I have Windows2000 installed one computer, and Windows 98 installed on another computer
Both are hooked up to a router via a DSL connection that share an internet connetion;
however..
only 1 computer has access to a printer (locally); does anyone know how I can get the other computer to share the printer

Confused...

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k
machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the win9x
machine(s) with. Then you'll need to share out the resource(s) with
permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all part of the same
workgroup. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the IPC$ password
Inter-process communication)

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
2000 machine, Windows 2000 needs to authenticate the user. If the user
account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then access will be
denied.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| In my office I have Windows2000 installed one computer, and Windows 98
installed on another computer.
| Both are hooked up to a router via a DSL connection that share an internet
connetion;
| however...
| only 1 computer has access to a printer (locally); does anyone know how I
can get the other computer to share the printer?
|
| Confused...

 

[myst]

-----Original Message-----
In my office I have Windows2000 installed one computer,

and Windows 98 installed on another computer.

Both are hooked up to a router via a DSL connection that share an internet connetion;
however...
only 1 computer has access to a printer (locally); does

anyone know how I can get the other computer to share the
printer?

Confused...
.

To share the resource, right click on the printer, choose
sharing, and add the user name you created, using Dave's
instructions..(just in case you aren't used to sharing
resources and files in W2K)