How to set up a printer as a shared detail method on a Windows XP system

Phenomenon One: Network Neighborhood cannot browse normally

To share a printer in Windows XP, the first thing to do is not to install the network printer directly on the workstation, but to first look at the View workgroup computer item in My Network Places to see if the computer that has the printer installed (the print server) is available. If you can find a print server, the basic conditions for printer sharing are available, and if an error occurs, you should resolve the problem first.

Solution: In the Confirmation LAN workgroup name consistent premise, enter the Local Area Connection Properties window, click the "Install" button to add "NWLink Ipx/spx/netbios Compatible Transport Protocol" protocol, You can resolve this problem without restarting the workgroup computer or by clicking the "View workgroup Computer" Item, "There is no permission to browse So-and-so workgroup ...".

Phenomenon Two: Unable to browse print server

When you are able to browse your network Places correctly, first double-click the print server icon to see if the shared printer exists, if it exists, it means that the current workstation has permission to install, print, and so on, if the shared printer is not visible or the print server cannot be browsed, the current workstation does not have sufficient permissions.

Solution: This problem should be solved in two ways, one is to open the Guest account in the print server, and in the Group Policy in turn into "Computer Configuration →windows settings → security settings → local policy → user Rights Assignment", delete the "Deny access to this computer from the network" item in the Guest account The second is to ensure that the "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft network" item is selected in the local Area Connection attribute of the print server.

Phenomenon Three: The workstation does not search for a shared printer

This is the most common problem for most local area network users when they install shared printers on a Windows XP workstation, typically in a list of shared printers, where only "Microsoft Windows Network" information is available and printer sharing is not searched.

Workaround: There are three solutions for this problem. The first is that after the "NWLink Ipx/spx/netbios Compatible Transport Protocol" protocol is installed for "Local Area Connection", it is usually possible to search for a shared printer, and the second is to directly double-click the Network Places to enter the print server, Right-click on the Shared printer icon, select "Connect" in the pop-up shortcut menu, click "Yes" in the pop-up box to quickly install the shared printer; third, check that the print server's local connection has the Internet Connection Firewall feature enabled, and if it does, cancel the feature, If you want to use the Internet Connection Firewall feature and you want to share files and printers, install the NetBEUI protocol (non-routing protocol).