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The Spooler service in Win2K is flaky, but I doubt that this is Microsoft's fault entirely. I've seen a variety of behaviors on different machines, and the difference seems to be in the printer model. My Lexmark, for instance, has to complete a job; cancelling a print job leaves a stub file in the spooler folder that will block any later attempts to print until the machine is restarted. An HP I've used allows jobs to be cancelled okay, but about 40% of the time it fails to print at all on the first try. I'd bet the problem you're having is due to the driver, not Windows - check for a newer version on the web.
Alternatively, if you have more than one printer assigned to the print device, you can set different priorities to make Windows pay closer attention to one over the other. This won't help overall performance, though.
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Hi,
what books on windows device drivers can you recommend for a newbie to the topic?
Askadar
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I'm assuming you want to develop for NT/Win2k/XP. I really don't know much about drivers for Win9x...
Books
Windows NT Device Driver Development - Peter G. Viscarola, W.Anthony Mason
Gives a good start in driver development. Shows how to set up the development systems and use tools like WinDbg. Includes nice code samples.
Inside Windows 2000 Third edition - David A. Solomon, Mark E. Russinovich
A nice introduction to Windows 2000 system mechanics. Seems to be primarly written for advanced system administrators, but contains some nice information for developers too. No code, but lots of system experiments with the kernel debugger (a tool for live debugging included, although it probably must be updated at SysInternals webpage to work).
Windows NT/2000 Native API Reference - Gary Nebbett
A reference. Wait until you understand the basics, then get this one. Some say the information is to accurate to find out whitout the Windows source code. The author claims he had no such access.
Internet
SysInternals Webpage
Useful, contains a lot of sourcecode.
Microsoft DDK page
Microsoft is releasing the new version of the DDK (next month, I think). If you have an MSDN subscribtion, you will be able to download for free. Otherwise, try using the old suite until you feel the need to upgrade...
Hope this helps.
Cheers
/moliate
Two o'clock and walking through familiar London - Or what was familiar London before the cursor deleted certain certainties -
I watch a suit and tie man giving suck to the Psion Organizer lodged in his breast pocket
its serial interface like a cool mouth hunting his chest for sustenance, familiar feeling, and I'm watching my breath steam in the air.
Neil Gaiman - Cold Colours
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LAst week I built my first WinXP Peer-to-Peer network, and after much hassle with undocumented bs, it was working perfectly. Today I spent most of the day on the phone trying to install a program that requires a shared database. I installed the first station, along with the master database, and all went well. The db was installed in the root of the C: drive, as should work with any previous version of Windoze. But when I installed the client of another PC and tried to access the db, it told me that access was denied! I shared the bejeezus out of the db - Everyone has full control, and all four users have admin accounts on all three machines. But still it insists that access is denied. Online Help is useless, as always with Micro$oft products, and the problem is worsened because Dell has replaced the standard help with their own even more clueless help system!
The default simple network sharing option is off, and security is shamefully lax with all users having full control of everything on all machines, but the so^ of a b*&^h will not allow access!!! I uninstalled the original db and reinstalled it to the host's Shared Folders directory, and I can now suddenly access it from other PCs on the network, but I don't want it there. Is there any way to make a WinXP P2P network actually useful?
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Strange problem Roger.
Reading your post I get the feeling that there is something incorrect with the database configuration, rather than sharing, but I'm not really sure.
What kind of database are you using ?
Regards,
Venet.
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
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It's a straight flatfile - .mdb database. The mfr tech had me install it to the C: root, which works fine on all previous versions of Windows. Everything installed perfectly on the primary host, and after sharing the db, I could browse it from other hosts on the net. But I can't open it without an 'Access Denied' message.
In XP, you can add share users via a dialog; the dialog lists all users by machine and username (ie, \\UWCRR1\Roger). You can look in other locations, but clicking that button displays only the one host, not the other two. In Help, this is supposed to mean that the machine isn't on a network, yet print sharing, Internet routing, and file sharing from the Shared Folders directory works fine - obviously it's networked correctly.
I removed the program after the tech hung up in frustration and reinstalled it to the Shared Folders directory, and suddenly it worked correctly on the other hosts. But I don't want to use that directory - it clutters up the view for all users, and might get damaged by one of the users accidentally trying to open it. Access dbs are fragile that way, and the users shouldn't have to deal with the visual clutter!
XP Sucks!
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Problem solved! I think...
XP will not share with users unless all users are using passwords - the default user setttings won't work. Yesterday I reconfigured all users to have passwords, then created a group for the db program users and added users to it. I re-installed the program and shared the db folder with the new group and, voila!, it worked
Many thanks to the authors of this[^] article! Maybe I'll summarize it and publish a tutorial for other CP users...
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Where can I download Windows .NET Server?
I mean, where can I buy Windows .NET Server? 
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Oh.. but is there any place on the Internet where I can get the BETA!?
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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You can download it from the MSDN subscribers web-site. If you have a subscription to Enteprise or above. It's a bit of a big download though.
Michael
Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.
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.... or is there a BETA for free download somewhere!?
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Rickard Andersson wrote:
.... or is there a BETA for free download somewhere!?
You'll have to be an MSDN subscriber
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Roger Wright wrote:
about $12US
And I live in Sweden... hm... that would be an import duty too... and some more fees...
I think I skip it! 
and to much megabytes to download! (I have ISDN)
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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I suppose I could copy the CD into a folder on my HD and email it to you, but I wonder how long that would take? And whether it would be legal? This is a US-only distribution, but last time I checked, Sweden was friendly Probably best not to go there...
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I have a program on foxpro25,thus i must call foxw250b.esl.
when i change my os to XP,unluckly it does not work.When it
start ,The error message will appear"divide point error".
i think that fox250b.esl doesn't work on XP.How i do with it?
Tell me please.Thanks.
sages
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There used to be a fault with older versions of foxpro that when moved to a faster machine (300MHz or faster, well that is fast for when foxpro2.5 was written  ) it will start giving divide by zero errors on startup. There is a fix in the microsoft site somewhere.
Stephen.
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Here I have a Win2K advanced server that has terminal services up and running! I want to know how I can administer it using my XP box [both are on the same LAN]
I don't see anything like a Connect to terminal server anywhere
Nish
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
Review by Shog9
Click here for review[NW]
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Nope, you'll need to create Terminal Server Client disks.
There should be an option in Terminal Services in Start, Programs (not too sure)
Regards,
Venet.
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
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Start->Programs->Accessories->Communications->Remote Desktop Connection.
Stephen.
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I think you must first of all install Terminal services from the add/remove programs - windows components. Then start - program - admin tools - Terminal services.
If it's ok, let me know!
- Prakash
vishwadev@intnet.mu
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Hi all,
I tried to automatically backup my system state data by useing Ntbackup in a batch file.
but I don't know how to set the parameters for system state data backup. only know set
"Ntbackup operation path [/a] ... " path to a file or folder name for folder or file backup.
Does anybody know how to do?
Thanks for your help.
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