Microsoft KB Archive/297883

= XL2000: You Can See Other Users' Printers in a Terminal Server Session =

Article ID: 297883

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q297883



SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Excel on a Microsoft Windows Terminal Server client, you can see the local printers of other users in your printer list. If you try to print to another user's printer, you receive an error message, and access to the printer is denied.



CAUSE
Excel reads printer information from a section of the Windows registry. This section lists all printers from all user sessions that currently exist on the Terminal server.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix for an administrative installation should have the following file attributes or later:   Date           Time  Version    Size       File name ---  14-OCT-2001    05:33 N/A        4,453,212  EXCEL_Admin.msp The English version of this fix for a client installation should have the following file attributes or later:   Date           Time   Version    Size       File name ---  14-OCT-2001    04:36  N/A        1,848,352  EXCEL.msp After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date           Time   Version    Size       File name ---  12-OCT-2001    20:16  9.0.0.5811 7,159,853  Excel.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Additional query words: xl2000 terminalserver printers

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbofficexppresp1fix kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbdtacode kbhotfixserver KB297883

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