Re: Answer found re failure of NET USE LPT1 to redirect LPT1

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

Harry wrote:

Pardon my ignorance: How do you
uninstall "Client for Microsoft Networks"? And what exactly is
that?


That's a good question, because I have to remind myself how to find it,
even now.


Doubleclick the "My Network Places" desktop icon in WinXP and
after the window opens, choose "View network connections" from
the "Network Tasks" panel on the left. If you don't see any
panel on the left, select the Tools pulldown menu, then Folder Options.
On the General tab, Tasks section, select the "Show common tasks in
folders" radio button. OK it, and return to the Network Places
window and proceed. You can also get here by going to Start, Settings,
Network Connections, or Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network
Connections.


Your "LAN or High Speed Internet" connections section will show
a Local Area Connection (a network card) and/or a Wireless Network
Connection and maybe a Network Bridge (not sure how this is labeled,
since my connections are not bridged).


If you rightclick on the Local Area Connection and chose Properties, the
General tab, which appears first, will have a box that has the header
"This connection uses the following items:" Client for
Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing are listed in the box.
You highlight the desired item and click the Uninstall button below the
box. You may be prompted to reboot after deleting an item, but you can
delete all the items first and then reboot.


You may need to Uninstall the items from both your Local Area and
Wireless connections, if you have both. I don't have both on my desktop,
where I did my uninstalling, but I do know that File and Printer Sharing
has to enabled separately on both on my portable. It's possible that you
might have to disable these items first on one connection and then go to
the second to uninstall. Items in the General tab of the Local Area
Connection (and Wireless Connection) Properties can be disabled by
clicking on the check box next to them to remove the check. Again, I
didn't have to worry about two connections, so I don't know exactly what
you'd have to do to fully uninstall the items in this sort of
situation.


Once you reboot, you reinstall the items by returning to the same place
(the General tab of Local Area Connection Properties) and clicking on the
Install button. This brings up the "Select Network Component
Type" dialog box. Highlight "Client" and click the Add
button; the "Select Network Client" window pops up. Highlight
the "Client for Microsoft Networks" and click OK. You have to
do the same for File and Printer Sharing, starting with clicking the
install button; at the Select Network Component Type dialog box,
highlight "Service" and then proceed.


If you have both Local Area and Wireless connections, you may have to
reinstall at both, or reinstall at one and enable at the second. (Again,
a guess on my part.)


Client for Microsoft Networks enables your computer to access files and
printers on another computer on a network. File and Printer sharing
enables another computer to access your computer's shared resources.



I think that covers it.


Paul



Paul Lagasse

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Kemblesville, PA 19347

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