my workgroupname is : 178john the computer name is: computer1 the device is a printer on lpt1 shared printer name is:hp I used the commend line but to no avail net use [lpt1:]\\178john\computer1\printer_share/persistent:yes any suggestions would be greatly apprecieated. Thanks in advance Steve
Try; net use lpt1 \\computer1\hp /persistent:yes -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "pstechnology" wrote: > my workgroupname is : 178john > the computer name is: computer1 > the device is a printer on lpt1 > shared printer name is:hp > I used the commend line but to no avail > > net use [lpt1:]\\178john\computer1\printer_share/persistent:yes > > > any suggestions would be greatly apprecieated. > > Thanks in advance > Steve