How do I automate connections on wireless network?

I'm trying to help a friend network a W2K PC and a laptop running XP over a wireless connection.

The networking part is working fine.

However, how do we keep the shared printer connection going between the laptop and where the printer is on the W2K machine?

Everytime someone reboots he has to login to the W2K machine again before he can print from the laptop.

How do we automate the connection betweent the two machines?

Thanks.

Maybe the easiest way to fix this would be to add a user account on the
W2K machine that matches the credentials being used to log onto the XP
machine.

Kevin


I'm trying to help a friend network a W2K PC and a laptop running XP
over a wireless connection.

The networking part is working fine.

However, how do we keep the shared printer connection going between the
laptop and where the printer is on the W2K machine?

Everytime someone reboots he has to login to the W2K machine again
before he can print from the laptop.
How do we automate the connection betweent the two machines?

Thanks.

I did try that, but isn't there a way to make this login automatic?

Right now, before they can print, they have to go to Network Places,
work their way down thru the menus until they get to the W2K
machine's icon. Double clicking on brings up the login prompt. They
login and then now they can print.

I've even tried mapping the W2K drive to a drive letter on the laptop.

It still asks for a manual login.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Greg



On 22 Oct 2004 18:47:32 -0700, "KW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Maybe the easiest way to fix this would be to add a user account on the
>W2K machine that matches the credentials being used to log onto the XP
>machine.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>I'm trying to help a friend network a W2K PC and a laptop running XP
>over a wireless connection.
>
>The networking part is working fine.
>
>However, how do we keep the shared printer connection going between the
>laptop and where the printer is on the W2K machine?
>
>Everytime someone reboots he has to login to the W2K machine again
>before he can print from the laptop.
>How do we automate the connection betweent the two machines?
>
>Thanks.

OK, sorry, the reply is so late.....

The account you created on the W2K machine, did it exactly match the
user account name and password that was being used on the machine that
was trying to print to it? If you are logged into a machine with
username/password of "joe/passwd" for example, it shouldn't prompt
you if there is an account setup as "joe/passwd" on the box you are
printing to.

Of course I say, "shouldn't" AFAIK

>>
I did try that, but isn't there a way to make this login automatic?

Right now, before they can print, they have to go to Network Places,
work their way down thru the menus until they get to the W2K
machine's icon. Double clicking on brings up the login prompt. They
login and then now they can print.

I've even tried mapping the W2K drive to a drive letter on the laptop.

It still asks for a manual login.
Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Greg