Microsoft KB Archive/263090

= How to Install a Windows 2000 Printer Driver or a Windows XP Printer Driver in Windows NT 4.O for Point and Print Functionality =

Article ID: 263090

Article Last Modified on 5/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q263090



SUMMARY
This article describes how to install a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP printer driver on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 print server for point and print functionality.



Section 1: Installing a Windows 2000 or Windows XP Printer Driver
To install a Windows 2000 or Windows XP printer driver on a Windows NT server, follow these steps from a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer on your network:

Note: If you are using either a Windows NT 4.0 driver or a Windows 2000 driver that is supplied by a third party, these steps may not work due to differences in design or driver names.

You may also receive error messages when you are managing drivers on a Windows NT 4.0-based printer server from a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

318577 You Receive an Error Message When You Manage a Windows NT 4.0 Printer Server from Windows 2000


 * 1) Click Start, click Run, and then type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path for the Windows NT 4.0 print server (for example: \\Nt4srvname).

This action displays the shares on the remote computer.
 * 1) Open the Printers folder. This action takes you into the printers folder on the remote computer.
 * 2) Right-click the icon for the printer for which you want to add the Windows 2000 driver, and then click Sharing.
 * 3) From the Sharing tab, click Additional Drivers, click the Intel/Windows 2000 option, and then click OK.

Section 2: Verifying That the Drivers Are Installed
To verify that the drivers are installed, follow these steps:

From a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer:  While you are still viewing the Printers folder of the remote, Windows NT 4.0-based computer, click File. Click Server Properties, and then click the Drivers tab. A list of installed printer drivers is displayed with the following properties:

Intel Windows 2000 (Windows 2000 drivers)

Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 (Windows NT 4.0 drivers)



From a Windows NT 4.0-based computer:  Click Start, click Run, type regedt32, press ENTER, locate, and then click the following registry key:

 Under this key, you should see the following two subkeys that list the drivers currently installed:

Version-2 is for NT 4.0 drivers

Version-3 is for 2000 drivers

Windows XP uses the same drivers as Windows 2000, so they are also version 3.</ol>

Note: You can simultaneously install Windows 2000 or Windows XP printer drivers for all drivers on a Windows NT 4.0 computer by using the Fixprnsv.exe file from the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM.

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

247196 Overview of Fixprnsv.exe

246855 Managing Network Printing in a Windows Environment

Keywords: kbenv kbhowto kbprint KB263090

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