Cannot Install Remote Printer When It Requires Language Monitor

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to add a printer on a remote computer, the Add Printer Wizard on the remote computer does not install the printer driver.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the printer you want to add requires a language monitor that is not installed on the remote computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.

MORE INFORMATION

If you try to install a language monitor on the other computer, working remotely, you may experience the following problems:

• The %SystemRoot%\System 32 folder may be locked.


• There is no application programming interface (API) to find the %SystemRoot%\System 32 folder on the remote computer.


• There is no way to tell whether the language monitor is compatible with the remote computer.

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug