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win 2000 printer sharing

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i have my win2000 machine connected to my printer. I want to share it with a networked win 98se computer on a ethernet network through a router. The computers show up on each others "computer neighboorhood etc" The problem is when I go to add the printer to the win 98se computer through the printer folder i browse the network but it asks for a password!! Is this my administrator password?? Do I need to change some attributes on the win 2000 machine any help appreciated Mark
 
Sigh... let's see if I can get this right...


...okay. In NT operating systems, access to objects is governed by access control lists. Anyone who wishes to access an object must provide a username and password, the OS will look up the user account associated with that username and password, compare that to the list of who's allowed to access the object, and decide whether or not to grant access to the object.

Windows 9x is kinda being forced into this paradigm that it wasn't really designed for. Win9x doesn't really have user accounts.

First, on the W2K machine, go to the printer properties, go to permissions, and give Everyone permissions to print. That *should* take care of it. Note that "authenticated users" is different from "everyone."

Otherwise, you'll have to log on to Win9x with a username that also exists on the W2K box, and present the password for the account on the W2K box, and give permissions to that account on the W2K to print to the printer.

Ideal solution: ditch 9x operating systems (95, 98, Me) and create an NT domain, so you have one user account database that's shared among all computers on the network. I do realize that's not always a viable solution.
 
best way would be to make an account on your computer that has the name of the 9x computer and just log in through the network and then go to the printer and make it default. Works like a charm after that.
 
I tried adding the name of the computer to the win 2000 groups and although it does not ask me for a password it does not show the printer from the win 98 machine! any help appreciated
 
The *computer* account isn't trying to print. The *user* account is.

Besides, Windows 98 machines don't have computer accounts.

Create a new user on the W2K machine with the same name that you use to log on to Win98.
 
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