net use lpt1 command only works with administrative privileges on XP to W2K
Question: we have an application which must print to lpt1. No big deal; we use the net use lpt1 command (at a cmd level) to direct the lpt1 port to a network printer. Most of the PCs in this heavily data and printing intensive environment are W2K. We are starting to get new PCs in again, and have discovered that if the user is a power user the net use lpt1 command generates an access denied error. this is going from an xp box to a w2k box. as soon as i promote the user to administrator the issue goes away. what is really interesting is that if i am logged in as a non administrative level user, even if i use the net use lpt1 command with an administrative level username and password, i still get the access denied. but if i log in as an administrator the command completes just fine. this user is not an admin on any other pcs, just hers. on w2k we have never had this issue. i'm guessing there is a directory she needs access to; if i change permissions on a directory or two that will fix the problem and i can demote her again.
who's seen this and solved this?
01-Mar-2007, 02:15 AM
net use lpt1 command only works with administrative privileges on XP to W2K
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