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Printer sharing...is Win98 better?
Name: Brendan Date: July 21, 2003 at 13:10:31 Pacific OS: Win2K CPU/Ram: 2Ghz 512ram
Comment:
I had a printer that was connected to a Win98 box and was being shared accross the network normally. I now have the same printer attatched to a Win2K box and have it set up to be shared. When I try to connect my other PC's to it, it comes back asking for a "password for the resource" without asking for a username. Anyone heard of this before??
Name: Jonn Date: July 22, 2003 at 02:30:46 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds as though you're in a peer-to-peer setup. If you are accessing the the 2K machine for the share, does the 2K machine have an account for the people accessing? You will need this or it will ask for a password each time and nothing will work.
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Response Number 2
Name: Nikhil Date: July 22, 2003 at 22:41:22 Pacific
Reply:
for any folder sharing , or printer sharing password authentication is required in windows 2000.
best solution is create same user in win 98 and win 2k with same password, and in win 2k give permision to evrybody or give permision to use the printer specifically to the user.
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