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printing to shared vpn connected printer

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by symesd

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At our company we have a sales rep connecting from another state over DSL on a VPN connection. She uses remote access s/w to control her computer she normally works on in the office. There are two issues: 1) how can we setup her office w2k w/s to automatically have access to her remote printer w/o manually entering a username and pwd. ? 2) Why does NT4.0 workstation (another computer at the office) see the shared printer (after login to the remote computer) but say "Operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect." when trying to view Security/Permissions on the printer properties?

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by stillatit

They are basically the same problem.

On the remote workstation, create an account with the same username and password she uses to log into the office computer. When she prints, her remote computer will automatically authenticate the incomng request, since its credentials match a local account.

The NT 4.0 workstation probably has the same problem. The W2K machine needs a local account matching the user working on the NT box. That user needs to have rights to change the security on the printer if that is what is being attempted.

Good luck.

by symesd

I setup the printer security to allow "anonymous user" to modify documents and control the printer...seems like the NT is somehow not working while the 2K is working.

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