Shared Printers Not Available After Upgrading to Windows 2000 Professional

ID: Q221199

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you upgrade a computer from Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional, shared printers on the computer may not be accessible.

CAUSE

Windows 2000 Professional does not keep some security settings. A shared printer remains shared, but the assigned users are deleted.

RESOLUTION

Reassign the users after the upgrade.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork kbprint
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb