Try installing the DUN 1.4 update on the Win98 system. It updates many
network components and may help with your problem.
Dial-Up Networking 1.4 Upgrade Is Available
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285189
PattyL
"Martin Healy" <> wrote in message
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> I'm working in a mixed mode workgroup environment where my Windows 98 SE
> machine is providing two main resources for my Windows XP professional
> machine. They are: A shared folder and a shared printer.
>
> I can access the shared folder on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from
> my XP laptop but I can't connect to the shared printer on the Windows 98
> machine over the LAN from my XP laptop. I can ping the Windows 98 machine
> from the XP laptop as well. When I attempt to browse or connect to the
> shared printer from my XP laptop in Add Printer Wizard by selecting
> Microsoft
> Windows Network>WORKGROUP>Name of Win 98 machine>LEXMARK, and clicking
> Next
> when the correct path name or queue appears on top as \\R9X3Q5\LEXMARK,
> the
> following error message appears: "The server for the Lexmark Z52 Series
> Colorfine printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If
> you
> want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click OK.
> Otherwise, click cancel and contact your network administrator or original
> equipment manufacturer for the correct driver."
>
> However, when I downloaded and installed the correct Windows XP compatible
> driver from the manufacturer's website on my XP laptop, the Add Printer
> Wizard continued from where it left off above by requesting approval of
> the
> Software License Agreement, then a connect to printer error message
> appeared
> after a restart windows prompt stating "Windows cannot connect to the
> printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified
> printer has lost its connection to the server". Certainly, the printer
> name
> was not typed incorrectly and there was no connection loss to the server
> either because I can see all the shared resources including the shared
> printer on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop in My Network Places. As
> mentioned before, I can access the shared folder on the Win 98 machine
> from
> my XP laptop and ping the destination computer.
>
> Please note that the printer is shared and the printer share name and
> printer port setting are all correct. The File and Printer service for
> Microsoft Networks is also installed and access is granted to my files and
> printer(s) as these check boxes are ticked. I was always able to print
> from
> this shared printer in the past using the same printer driver on the Win
> 98
> machine. Furthermore, I didn't even have to use a XP driver on my XP
> laptop
> either as the existing Win9x/Win 2000 compatible driver on the Windows 98
> machine allowed the Windows XP laptop to print from the shared printer
> over
> the local area network. The principle behind it is that the Windows 98
> machine handles the print request from the XP laptop, thus allowing the
> use
> of the existing printer driver on the Windows 98 machine or through the
> use
> of a uni driver. I also have a print test page for proof purposes from
> which
> I was last able to print from my XP laptop using the existing Win9x print
> driver on my Windows 98 machine. On this successful print test page, it
> states that the Driver Name is UNIDRV.DLL, the Printer Name and Port Name
> is
> \\M8N9J2\LEXMARK. M8N9J2 represented the old name of my Windows 98
> machine
> before I recently reinstalled the machine. The data file on this test
> page
> is down as LXACSDRV.GPD. If I printed a local test page from my Win 98
> machine, the driver name would be displayed as lxacpr.drv.
>
> At this stage, I have even reinstalled the Windows 98 machine with another
> print driver from the manufacturer's website in order to eliminate certain
> potential sources. However, it yielded the same result. I have contacted
> Lexmark about the issue and I'm still awaiting feedback from them. I can
> say
> for sure that the problem is not due to a TCP/IP networking or remote
> issue
> as I can access the shared folder over the LAN and I can see all shared
> resources on the Win98 machine from my XP machine in My Network Places.
> Both
> compurers are visible in My Network Places from my XP laptop in My Network
> Places. The printer driver on the Win98 machine is not causing the
> problem
> either and the use of a suitable XP printer driver (although not
> necessary)
> on the laptop does not help either as requested in the first error message
> above. I can't find a Lexmark driver that covers all Microsoft operating
> systems so it is very important to note that I can't install a universal
> type
> driver on my Windows 98 machine for that particular Lexmark printer model.
> This might solve the problem if I could. Anyway, it definitely worked
> before
> when I used the Win9x driver that came new with my PC as I was able to
> print
> over the network from my XP laptop without ever requiring a suitable XP
> driver.
>
> At this stage the problem must be due to a VSERVER.vxd conflict
> encountered
> while setting up File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. I
> choosed
> to keep the new vserver.vxd as recommended at the time. It may also be
> due
> to recent windows update patches that were applied to both machines.
> Anyway,
> some configuration setting must have affected the interoperability between
> XP
> and 98 in relation to printer sharing in my workgroup network. I don't
> think
> there is any obvious or simple solution to this problem. Connecting to a
> shared printer only takes a few minutes to set up normally. I carried out
> the exact same procedure as I have done in the past. Like I said many
> times
> before, I was able to print from my XP laptop over the network in the past
> using the Win9x/Windows 2000 driver on the Windows 98 machine without any
> need for a XP driver. Please refer to the print Test Page details
> mentioned
> earlier if you have any doubts about this.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help in relation to this issue from
> Microsoft
> or anybody out there.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin
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