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by jim.crowell

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I am having this problem:

We are running Windows 2000 server and are attempting to share network printers with clients running a Windows 98 machine and a Windows ME machine. The network printers are hosted by the Windows 2000 server. The problem is: The Win 98 users and Win ME users are unable to "see" any of the printers on the 2k server. When browsing to add a network printer- none are available? We have Win 2k and Win XP users on our network and they have no problem adding and using the network printers.

We have added Windows 98 drivers to the 2k server and placed all users in one group with the same printer sharing. The sharing settings seem to be correct. In addition- all users are able to share files with the Win2k server. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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by maxwell edison

I've run across a similar "phantom printer" before - never could figure out exactly why. But I could make a network connection, nonetheless, by typing the name of a printer instead of browsing for it. You could use the following format:

\\server_name\share_name

(Of course, the path, names and format has to be perfect.)

by maxwell edison

Are your Win98 clients logging into the W2k domain? This will be necessary in order to make a network connection to a printer that's defined in Active Directory. Can these clients see any of the server's shared drives? (Are there any shared drives?)

You might also get some clues from the following Microsoft article:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_PRINTconcepts_10.htm

or

http://tinyurl.com/cure

And go to some of the other links and chapters within that article.

by warpuck

Enable file and print sharing, require logins, add at least 256 mb memory, ensure that the hard drive will have at least 2Gb available for swap file. All users must be able to log into the host machine. The logins must match exactly. win98 is not asgood for this as w2k. Note all users must be on the same hub (net buie protcol).

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