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NT Printer Sharing

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by mr. origami

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Shared a number of printers on NT Server. Have Win98 clients connecting - so I opted to "add" drivers for Win98. Got updated drivers now. How do I update the Win98 drivers on the NT server? I know once done, I have to remove/reinstall the printers on the Win98 machines to use the new drivers - but how do I replace the old drivers NT is sharing out?

I have already stopped sharing on a printer, restarted sharing, then it prompted me for drivers and I was able to point to the new ones. But thistakes the printer off-line as I have to "unshare" it. Is there another way to do this that won't require me to stop and restart printer sharing?

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by jerone318

Right click on the printer, go to properties, click sharing tab. In the alternate drivers highlight windows 95, and click okay. Point the printer diver windows that opens to your new drivers.

by mr. origami

That did it. I thought about doing that previously - but thought clicking OK would just close the properties page. It would be silly of MS to put an "Update Driver" button!

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