print from W98 to printer on XP

[Bette]

I have an Okidata Pacemark printer installed on a XP
machine and shared. I installed the printer on a Windows98
machine as a network printer. When I try to output to the
printer from the 98 machine, I get a request for a password
(when installed from the user's logon). Any password I put
in fails. If I install from an admin logon the printer
works (without asking for a password).
What did I miss in installation and where???
thanx
Bette

[Bruce Sanderson]

Most likely you didn't miss anything in the "installation".

If you connect from a Windows 9x computer to a Windows NT, 2000 or XP
computer and the username used to logon is not known on the target computer,
you get a prompt for a password for the IPC$ share. There is no way you can
supply a password for this share.

The NT, 2000 or XP computer is actually asking for a username and password,
but the 9x computer misinterprets this as a request for a password.

Make sure that whatever username is used to logon at the Windows 98 computer
exists on the XP computer and has the same password.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.


"Bette" > wrote in message
...
> I have an Okidata Pacemark printer installed on a XP
> machine and shared. I installed the printer on a Windows98
> machine as a network printer. When I try to output to the
> printer from the 98 machine, I get a request for a password
> (when installed from the user's logon). Any password I put
> in fails. If I install from an admin logon the printer
> works (without asking for a password).
> What did I miss in installation and where???
> thanx
> Bette