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Password Protect Printing
Name: kirk Date: October 5, 2002 at 10:38:57 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: pII 233 64mb
Comment:
How do I create a password prompt? I need to stop unauthorized printing. PLEASE HELP!
Name: Al Date: October 5, 2002 at 11:45:43 Pacific
Reply:
Get Win NT, or 2000. Win9x does not have any security.
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Response Number 2
Name: Paul Miller Date: October 7, 2002 at 11:56:34 Pacific
Reply:
That is not absolutely true. You can assign a password to the printer share the same way as you assign it to folders. Firstly, under Network Neighborhod properties, install File and Printer sharing. Make sure you check off to share printer once you have it installed. After this go to Start > Settings > Printers and right-click on your printer and select sharing from the menu. Assign a password for it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Terry@nz Date: October 9, 2002 at 17:55:27 Pacific
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For more security, if you need it:-
I haven't tried this (never had to ;-)), but what would happen if you created an encrypted holder (I use Scramdisk), put the printer driver in there, and specified a Path to the folder in Autoexec.bat.
Would the OS look for the driver in Windows/System, fail to find it, and then try the right place?
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