The inconsistency is driving me crazy! I know that XP forces you to type in the Workgroup name for your network in upper case letters and it always seems to be displayed in upper case. However, on our XP computer we typed the computer name as "Kira", with only the K in upper case. When I look at the network folder in Vista, it shows up just as typed. when setting up a printer it appears in all upper case! Conversely, I typed the printer share name in all upper case letters on the XP desktop as "HP". If I look at the properties of the printer from the Vista laptop the share name appears correctly in upper case. The confusing thing is that the Vista computer creates the printer's path as "\\KIRA\hp"! Almost entirely different and reverse from what I typed on the other computer!
Normally,I would not care what XP or Vista does with these internal inconsistencies. In my case,I was told by HP that I needed to set up my print driver on the Vista laptop by creating a local printer and then go back and create a new port on the port page of the printer's properties dialog as the full network pathname of the printer. Does anyone know what XP and Vista expect in the pathname? What conventions should I follow? Without getting this right nothing seems to print and no error messages are displayed! Don Marang Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
