Unable to print to network printer with limited user accounts

[Jbarber]

I have a small home network where I share files and a printer. The PC sharing
files and the printer is a Windows 98 PC. Everything was working fine until
recently. I can not longer print with users with limited account to the
network printer. These user accounts can see and share file in the PC sharing
the files and printer, but these accounts can not print. The admin account
can print ok. The PC that connects to the other PC is running windows XP
Professional version 2002, service pack 3. I have Norton 360 running in the
XP PC. I uninstalled Norton 360 to see if Norton was causing the problem, but
the outcome was the same… I could still not print to the network printer
using limited accounts. Any help is appreciated.

 

[cheaperthanyou]

I have been having the same problems printing with a limited account. My
setup includes the kid's computer run on XP with multiple users that have
limited accounts and a one administrator account for me. The other computer
has Vista with a Canon S400 printer connected via usb cable. Both computers
are networked together with a router. The computers see each other fine and
everything functions the way I want it too except for printing from the
limited accounts. I can see the printer with the limited accounts. If the
kids accounts are changed to administrators they print fine.

I have tried a few different solutions such as turning off printer spooling
and print directly. Creating a password in order for the kids to log on also
did not help.

I just found a work around. On my vista computer in "Network and Sharing" I
had "password protected sharing" turned "on". With this turned to "off" the
limited accounts now print.

I don't like this solution. If anyone has any better ideas please speak up.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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[cheaperthanyou]

You have to be kidding? Did you read my post? I found a possible solution to
her problem. My setup of course was not exactly as hers but the symptoms are.
The solution I found just might help her. Is it the best solution? Maybe or
maybe not I don't know that why it called a "discussion".

 

[Lem]

It helps if you don't delete the original question, especially if you're
responding to a post that's more than a month old. Many people reading
your comments will have no idea what "the same problems" are that you're
talking about, how your setup is "not exactly as hers" is, or who "she"
might be.

On top of that, as near as I can tell, your "solution" is completely
inapplicable to the OP. She had an issue between a Win98 computer and a
XP Pro box. Your situation involved XP and Vista, and your solution
involves changing a setting in Vista.

You have to be kidding? Did you read my post? I found a possible solution to
her problem. My setup of course was not exactly as hers but the symptoms are.
The solution I found just might help her. Is it the best solution? Maybe or
maybe not I don't know that why it called a "discussion".

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
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http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[cheaperthanyou]

Lem thanks for your suggestions. I will keep those ideas in mind if i ever
decide to post here again. Have a nice day.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

My apologies. Had I read your post more closely, I would have seen that it
wasn't a "Me, too!" post.

Carry on...