Your suggestion sounds the solution, but in the absence of that, I've had this problem a few times and normally traced it down to sharing security settings as I'm suer you know that the sharing settings and security settings are different - even though they seem to do the same job.
Also, are you using group policies at all? If so then make sure the resource is shared correctly in the apropriate policy. Dave Crozier "A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match" - Bill Bryson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Sent: 27 June 2006 15:11 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] AD Printer madness Hi All, Got a bit of a weird issue with Active Directory at the moment and I was just wondering if anyone else has come across this one before? I have just installed a laser printer on a PC connected to the AD (as the admin) and shared it out. Of course when you do this it adds it to the AD. All good here! Printer works okay and the object exists in the AD. Now if I try and install the printer on another machine by searching the AD and then double clicking on it... boom, I get the following message pop up... "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server." Now I know the printer is fine, because if I add it via the share name instead of using the AD, it installs okay and prints fine. Any suggestions (apart from kicking AD out of the window!)? Cheers Tristan Leask Software Developer Marine Software Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.marinesoftware.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Unless otherwise agreed expressly in writing by Marine Software Limited, this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. Please notify the sender immediately of the error. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
