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Ask for password for a shared print
Name: paradoxwizard Date: April 18, 2009 at 03:44:38 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: P4, 2.8Ghz/640MB Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hey everybody,
I have a shared printer on my home networking consisting of 2 computers running Windows XP SP3.
I was wondering, is there any way for the shared printer/computer to ask for a password before printing?
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