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We have 2 machines on our network which share printers. Both of these
machines were recently upgraded to SP2. Both of them shared printers
fine prior to SP2. Both of them have F&P sharing enabled. Both have
disabled firewalls.
Here is the problem:
If I restart the computer and other computers on the network, I am
able to print to the computer over the network. (The local computer
can always print as they are not going through the share.) After a
certain period of time, I am not able to print on the shared printer.
When I check my local computer the printer status says unable to
connect. If I try to open the properties, it tells me that the print
spooler service is not running, although it is infact running on both
computers. Upon restarting the spooler service on the client
machines, I am sometimes able to reconnect to the computer sharing the
printer, but not always.
As I said before, this didn't happen prior to SP2. I do have more
than 10 computers that connect to the share, however they do not use
the share. Is this that Microsoft now enforces the connection limit
differently, or is there some issue with the connection itself?
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
We have 2 machines on our network which share printers. Both of these
machines were recently upgraded to SP2. Both of them shared printers
fine prior to SP2. Both of them have F&P sharing enabled. Both have
disabled firewalls.
Here is the problem:
If I restart the computer and other computers on the network, I am
able to print to the computer over the network. (The local computer
can always print as they are not going through the share.) After a
certain period of time, I am not able to print on the shared printer.
When I check my local computer the printer status says unable to
connect. If I try to open the properties, it tells me that the print
spooler service is not running, although it is infact running on both
computers. Upon restarting the spooler service on the client
machines, I am sometimes able to reconnect to the computer sharing the
printer, but not always.
As I said before, this didn't happen prior to SP2. I do have more
than 10 computers that connect to the share, however they do not use
the share. Is this that Microsoft now enforces the connection limit
differently, or is there some issue with the connection itself?
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!