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Davide Bolcioni
July 1st 04, 05:24 PM
Greetings,
my problem is as stated: a Windows 98 client is not able to
browse network printers (tried with a NT 4 PDC and several
other Windows 2000 workstations). Using "Add Printer Wizard"
and typing the \\pdc\\printername UNC path explicitly I can
trigger Point and Print driver download, but not view what
printers are available. Using "net view" shows no shared
resources of type "Print", either.

The Windows 98 is using Client for Microsoft Networks and logs
on to the Windows NT domain on the PDC. It can browse file
shares just fine.

Thank you in advance,
Davide Bolcioni

PattyL
July 4th 04, 03:32 PM
I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the
network. First double-check that Printer Sharing is installed in Network
properties. Also, check for Autologon in the registry.

"Unable to Browse the Network" Clicking Network Neighborhood
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260214

If this doesn't help, then I'd suggest removing all network components, then
shut down. When you have restarted the computer, add them back in.

If still no joy, try clean booting (Msconfig, remove check from Startup
items) to see if something loading at Startup is causing the problem.

PattyL


"Davide Bolcioni" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
> my problem is as stated: a Windows 98 client is not able to
> browse network printers (tried with a NT 4 PDC and several
> other Windows 2000 workstations). Using "Add Printer Wizard"
> and typing the \\pdc\\printername UNC path explicitly I can
> trigger Point and Print driver download, but not view what
> printers are available. Using "net view" shows no shared
> resources of type "Print", either.
>
> The Windows 98 is using Client for Microsoft Networks and logs
> on to the Windows NT domain on the PDC. It can browse file
> shares just fine.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Davide Bolcioni
>

Davide Bolcioni
July 5th 04, 10:33 AM
PattyL wrote:
> I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the
> network.

The machine was the only Win98 computer on the network ... and the
culprit wast the printer name: found out the hard way that Win98 does
not show printer names longer than 11 characters.

Thank you for your interest,
Davide Bolcioni

PattyL
July 5th 04, 03:32 PM
Thanks for sharing your resolution.

PattyL


"Davide Bolcioni" > wrote in message
...
> PattyL wrote:
> > I assume that this is not a problem with other Win98 computers on the
> > network.
>
> The machine was the only Win98 computer on the network ... and the
> culprit wast the printer name: found out the hard way that Win98 does
> not show printer names longer than 11 characters.
>
> Thank you for your interest,
> Davide Bolcioni
>