A different network printer problem

Three machines on wireless LAN. Three different OS: 98SE,
XP, Vista.

Printer is local to 98SE. I've had the XP on the printer (although I
don't at the moment), and I can see the 98 machine from the Vista
machine; however, Vista says the printer wasn't for sharing, but I
checked the printer on 98 and it is set for sharing.

Any ideas?

TIA

Dick

Michael John Ruff wrote:
> wrote:
>> Three machines on wireless LAN. Three different OS: 98SE,
>> XP, Vista.
>>
>> Printer is local to 98SE. I've had the XP on the printer (although I
>> don't at the moment), and I can see the 98 machine from the Vista
>> machine; however, Vista says the printer wasn't for sharing, but I
>> checked the printer on 98 and it is set for sharing.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Dick
> Hello Dick
>
> Are they both in the same workgroup, is the printer compatible with Vista.
>
>
>
>>
>> Vista, by default, only uses NTLM V2 Authentication. If you have
>> Windows 9x computers, this won't work out of the box, since Windows 9x
>> is limited, in default, to LM authentication. If you're networking
>> Windows 2000 and XP with Vista, they will all use NTLM V2, with no
>> problem. If you add a computer running Windows 9x, or an NAS device
>> with an unknown operating system, into the discussion, you have 2
>> choices.
>>
>> * Downgrade Vista. Let it use LM Authentication, when necessary.
>> Microsoft doesn't recommend this. To do this, edit the registry, and
>> set value LmCompatibilityLevel, in [ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM
>> \CurrentControlSet \Control \Lsa ] to "1". If you're having a problem
>> with your NAS device, this may be your only solution, since not all
>> NAS devices can be easily upgraded.
>> * Upgrade your Windows 95 / 98 computer, to (KB239869): use NTLM
>> V2. Microsoft recommends this solution.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike

Thanks, Mike.

IIRC, Workgroups are different. I will check
and see.

With regard to most of your other suggestions, even though I've been
working with computers for over 50 years (Bendix G-15, 1957), I have no
idea what 'NTLM V2 Authentication' means. Also, not sure what 9x
represents, but perhaps 98 fits the 'code'. Ditto for NAS.

I've done a fair amount of Win Registry editing (without knowing much
about why what I waas doing, worked); however I don't anything abot the
hack you are talking about.

Do you have any favorite links where I can do some self-learning?

Thanks again.

Dick