Cannot Print from a Windows XP computer to a Shared Printer on a Win 98 PC

See http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm. Although the
description on that page is not for your situation, the numbered
instructions should work.

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"Eric Schneider" wrote in message
...
The below is the closest thing I can find that describes
my issue almost perfectly. (The only difference is that I
am not using a server or a portable PC ... it is peer to
peer going from XP to '98)


Does anyone know if there is a solution to this issue?




"Cannot Print from a Portable Computer to a Shared
Printer Connected to Windows 98 or Windows Me Server
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

This article was previously published under Q307162
SYMPTOMS
On a portable computer that runs Windows XP Professional,
when you try to print to a shared printer that is
connected to a Windows 98- or Windows Millennium Edition
(Me)-based home network server, the file does not print.
If you go to the printer's Properties dialog box and try
to print a test page, the following error message may
appear:

Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the
print troubleshooter for assistance? Unable to create a
print job.
You can successfully delete the printer, reconnect to the
printer, and view the printer queue status.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the portable computer has
cached domain credentials and Windows XP cannot verify
that the computer is in a secure domain environment.
Windows 98 and Windows Me cannot provide a secure domain
environment for Windows XP.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the
Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of
this article.
Last Reviewed: 11/6/2001
Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbnetwork kbprb kbprint
KB307162