O.M.G.
honestly, i haven't done anything ... all of a sudden i am able to print on the laser jet printer .... from WORD that is.
i'm going ahead and try to set up your LPT printing now. wish me luck.
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O.M.G.
honestly, i haven't done anything ... all of a sudden i am able to print on the laser jet printer .... from WORD that is.
i'm going ahead and try to set up your LPT printing now. wish me luck.
no luck.
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So you installed Office on the XP VM and it could print? What printer port settings are you using?
You need to setup a local printer on LPT1 on the XPVM first. You don't need to use a TCPIP port, because we are remapping LPT1. After you create that printer, you run the NET USE command from a command prompt.
NET USE LPT1: \\ZESZUT\ZESZUTLASERJET /persistent:yes
I know this is complicated, but it's because of what you are trying to do. :p
the ports i see are as follows:
LPT1: .. Printer Port .. HP LaserJet P2035 2
TS001 .. ZESZUT: PRN6 .. HP LaserJet P2035 (from ZESZUT)
ZeszutLaser .. Standard TCP/IP Port
now, i have 2 printers showing in the printer window. HP LaserJet P2035 (as default) and HP LaserJet P2035 2. word will print to the default but NOT to "2". "2" is the local printer i just set up on the vm xp.
i have no idea what the ZeszutLaser is from. maybe a failed attempt?
and sorry, the "NET USE LPT1: \\zeszut\zeszutlaserjet /persistent:yes" seems to have done nothing.
yes, i know it's complicated. and you have my thanks for putting up with all this.
You can get rid of the ZeszutLaser.
If you can't even get to \\zeszut from Start-Run, then \\zeszut\zeszutlaserjet shouldn't work either. That's what was confusing when you said you could print.
Are you using NAT for the VM network settings?
In the VM properties, check the network adapter. Change it from Shared (NAT) to your actual NIC. See if that helps.
https://blogs.technet.com/b/windows_...edirected=true
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2293558
TS001 is a Terminal Services port. That printer probably got added through the Integration Services.
It looks like there is a way to redirect LPT1 to a Terminal Services port, but I'm not sure if it's any easier.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/M..._26798604.html
If someone else out there is using XP Mode, maybe they can shed more light on this. Like I mentioned, I use VMWare.
BTW, what IP did you get when you pinged zeszut from the VM?
You can also try
NET USE LPT1: \\IP\zeszutlaserjet /persistent:yes
IP=zeszut's IP
cant delete the ZeszutLaser port. it says it's in use. by WHOM i have no idea lol.
i followed the technet directions. i got to the point of "Use the Following DNS server Addresses'. when i used the "ipconfig" it runs by so fast and disappears so that i can't catch the numbers.
i'll follow the experts-exchange instructions and see what i can accomplish from them.
if nothing helps, i'll just have to output the qbasic printing to a text file and print it. it's "do-able" but not what i was hoping for.
again, a big thanks for all your help midknyte <3
oh ... i do have an additional question ... when i launch the VM XP it always asks for my password. is there someway to set it up so it remembers it?
couldn't see it. it printed so fast and then the window disappearedQuote:
Originally Posted by Midknyte
In XP, click Start > Run, type in cmd and press [Enter]. Now try your ping command and the cmd prompt.
That means that port is assigned to one of your printers. You can't delete a port if it is in use by a printer. you'd have to set the printer to use a port like lpt2 first, then you can delete the ZeszutLaser port.Quote:
cant delete the ZeszutLaser port. it says it's in use. by WHOM i have no idea lol.
you need to open a command prompt first, then run ipconfig. don't run ipconfig straight from start-run.
This is probably the easiest way to autologon: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb963905
Otherwise, you can go to start-run and enter control userpasswords2. Uncheck Users must enter a username and password... Click Ok, then you'll be prompted for the default account and password.
BTW, I normally don't set passwords on my vms.
i get "reply from fe80::b8bb:d672:eb42:1965%10 ..." yikes!Quote:
Originally Posted by SpywareDr
i tried the userpasswords2 but that didn't make any difference. neither did running autologon. this is just insult to injury. it was logging on directly until yesterday for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Midknyte
i normally don't set passwords on any pc. but when i set up this vm xp it INSISTED on one. *sigh*.
That's an IPv6 address. You should have been getting something like 192.168.1.10. You said you saw the 4 lines as I posted.
Do you still want to continue or are you going to use your workaround? I already mentioned changing from NAT to NIC on the VM settings. If this is too much for you, then your text file solution might be best.
i'll check the vm's nic address tomorrow. from what i remember tho, it was the same format for that too. but i'll check tomorrow.
i'm working day-to-day with my workaround ...
however, i would like to continue if that's alright with you. you've been soooooo helpful these last weeks with my xp, vista AND 8 pc installations. *whew*.