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LPT2 cards under Win2k, problems.

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by wburdine 1 view

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I have used two different Parallel cards (Dolphinfast 4014 & Intek21) I have had the same problems with both in that when I am logged in under Admin...everything works GREAT!...under any other user profile NADA!! can't do a test printer pager or anything. Tried adding the user under the computer management console and giving the user full rights to the local system, but that did not even work. The wierdest thing is at times instead of printing to the printer it would just send garbage data over the network to another printer. HELP!! this is driving me nutz...I am sure its a permissions thing in 2k, but where?

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by legj1

I have had lots of permissions problems...not quite like yours, but several along the way. The easiest fix may be to add the users to the ADMINS group and then install the drivers and setup the printers under their logon. But if you have group policies setup, you could use an Administrative Template. I would tell you more on this, but I have just upgraded to WIn2k myself and am still learning.

by wburdine

Well if you figure out more tell me... adding anyone who doesn't belong to the admins group is just bad policy...

by johnm

For printing permissions in 2K go to Settings : Printers and right-click on the printer icon you want to examine. Select Properties from the popup menu and then select the Security tab. Does Everyone have Print rights? To make changes, click on the Advanced button, click on Everyone and then on the View/Edit button. The settings that we use are for Everyone to have Print and Read permissions.

I wouldn't recommend adding everyone to the Administrators group - might as well not have security in place at all.

by legj1

I don't mean to leave the USers as Admins. Once installed, drop them to Standard Users again. This may tell you if permissions are the actual problem...which I know they are...

I would never make my users Admins...however, temorary Admins aren't toooo bad for troubleshooting purposes. heh

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