Well, I figured some of it out on my own and I have a
guess, based on the an error message I got today(saying
that I do not have permission to access that network
resource--which, I suppose, is preferable to completely
failing to see the network).
What I need, I think, is to be able to list users who
have access to the printer (user-level access control).
Unfortunately, there is absolutely no documentation
available on how to do this.
The network setup wizard wants to get a list from _some_
unspecified source (described only as a "domain
controller" presumably the Exchange server that we
manifestly don't have, want, or need), which I guarantee
we don't have.
How do I force it to let everyone(all two of us) in our
workgroup access the printer? That's probably all I need
to do.
Is it even possible to share resources across a P2P
network with Windows ME?
P.S. I tried share-level access control but it won't let
me specify passwords, just decides that nobody has access
to anything.
>-----Original Message-----
>http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm is a place to
help you fix ME
>network problems.
>
>"Liz Hopkins" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>news:8df901c3e9a9$3b561d30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I am trying to set up a network for two Win ME
computers,
>> one of which is supposed to be serving an HP Officejet
>> D135. However, I had to go into network settings and
>> manually enable printer sharing and the other machine
>> still doesn't see the printer or the print server.
>>
>> Both computers connect directly to the Internet
through a
>> Linksys EtherFast router (Model No. BEFSR41) and should
>> be connected to each other as well but evidently
aren't.
>>
>> I am yet another person who can't get Win ME to allow
any
>> sharing of resources across the network. In fact,
>> despite running the network configuration wizard on
both
>> machines, setting them up with different names and the
>> same workgroup name, and using a network configuration
>> setup disk, neither computer can see the network at
all.
>>
>> I definitely do not want to go into the registry if I
>> don't have to, so is there anything less risky I can
try
>> first?
>>
>> I've seen at least half a dozen people with the same
>> problem, but no applicable solutions. I am not
getting
>> any error messages; Windows ME just won't let me set
up a
>> network (although when I run the network setup wizard,
it
>> says that it has done so).
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