Re: Sharing Printer on Win98 with XP Home Edition

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

21 Nov 2006 10:25 PM

dejr_8

petercon;6949119 Wrote:
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> List of things to ask/check
>
> 1. what firewalls/security software are you using?
>
> The only firewall is what comes with XP. I tried accessing the printer
> with it turned off - that alone did not solve the problem
>
> 2. Presume the shared printer installed correctly? please confirm no
> errors
>
> The Win98 computer can print no problem. How else would I check for
> errors?
>
> 3. LAN properties includes Netbios on both PC's, please confirm
>
> The XP machine has "Enable Netbios over TCP/IP" clicked on
> The Win98 machine has "I want to enable Netbios over TCP/IP"
> checked
>
> 4. check XP machine, is guest account on?
>
> How/where would I check this?
>
> HPC
> :what

thank you for you help

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dejr_8

22 Nov 2006 8:24 AM

petercon

Sorry I meant the printer/drivers installed correctly on the XP machine
when you install it shared.

For the guest user look in control panel user accounts
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