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Win2k Printer Sharing

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by cdurfee 1 view

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We have a small office all using Win2k comp. and each comp. shares the same workgroup and each have differnt comp. names goin with the comp #. We have each of them set up to share certain printers. Why is it when I go into comp. near me in networkneighborhood I can see all the computers and other times I can only see some of them. When I can't see them I reboot and they still don't show up. I don't even see my comp. in the list. I need them to be able to always be seen otherwise they loseconnection to the printers.
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by abubin

First, make sure that all your drivers especially the NIC are latest and works with win2k.

Being not able to see each other in the Network neighbourhood does not means they are not connected. You should try "ping" to see if a connection is established. If "ping" works, then try connecting directly with URN. For eg. open up windows explorer and type "\\computer1\" to connect to computer1.

Also, see if your network IP is working correctly. With small network, you should be using fixed IP tomake things easier.

by eabramson2

If you see them somtimes and not other times then there is nothing wrong with the nic. If the machines are being turned off at night, it could take about 20 minutes for all the machines to see each other in network neighborhood. A quick way is to go into find and select computer. Type in the computer name and you should see it. You also may want to install netbeui to expedite the computers seeing each other.

by cdurfee

The fix was creating the user so that they are on both machines so when they log in to one it unlocks the other as well so the printer doesn't have to reestablish it's connection.

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