Printers unavailable since upgrading to XP SP2

Posted: 04-07-2005, 02:13 AM

SGD

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Since upgrading to XP SP2 / Office 2003 / Windows 2000, intermittent problems
with workstaions "unable to connect to network printers". Often users are
experiencing that they can print OK after logon but later in the session they
find that printers are unavailable with the message "waiting to connect
printer". Manually deleting and then adding the printers resolves the
problem until another logon seesion is commenced. Prior to the XP SP2
upgrade we never experienced this problem
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Stephen (MCSE)

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NetWrench

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Re: Printers unavailable since upgrading to XP SP2

Posted: 04-07-2005, 03:51 PM

SP2 Firewall enabled?

Cari \(MS-MVP\)

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Re: Printers unavailable since upgrading to XP SP2

Posted: 04-07-2005, 06:58 PM

See:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
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In Loving Memory of our dear friend Alex Nichol MVP

"SGD" <SGD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Since upgrading to XP SP2 / Office 2003 / Windows 2000, intermittent
> problems
> with workstaions "unable to connect to network printers". Often users are
> experiencing that they can print OK after logon but later in the session
> they
> find that printers are unavailable with the message "waiting to connect
> printer". Manually deleting and then adding the printers resolves the
> problem until another logon seesion is commenced. Prior to the XP SP2
> upgrade we never experienced this problem
> --
> Stephen (MCSE)
>

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