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by mike.ashton

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When using Windows XP (on a Laptop), and plugged into the office network (NT4 Server), I can't see some of the printers available on the network.

In Particular, we have a HP 5000 plugged into a NT4 workstation, and the printer shared to all userswith all privalidges, but the Windows XP Pro machine cannot connect to it.

If I try to connect to the NT4 machine through Network Neighbourhood, it asks me for a user name and password to connect to the machine. However, this machine has been shared with full access and no passwords set.

I have no problem connecting to identical machines with other printers i.e. samsung and other HP plotters.

Any Assistance would be grately appreciated.

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by jpadams

The NT workstation might be sharing files and printers using NETBEUI only, which is not supported any more in XP. You need to enable file and printer sharing using TCP/IP on the NT workstation.

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