Microsoft KB Archive/46682

Works 2.0 Err Msg: Port Not Valid: 

PSS ID Number: Q46682 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The Microsoft Works for MS-DOS version 2.0 error message “Port not valid: LPTx” indicates that the printer port you selected is not a valid port for your computer.

If this message occurs on a network, it means one of the following problems exists:

  You are trying to print to a network printer port, and you do not have a matching printer port at the workstation. Works checks the hardware on your workstation for a valid port. Although you may capture your data to the server’s port, this port must be present on the workstation in order to print. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.   You are trying to print from a Novell nondedicated server. To print through an ELS nondedicated server, you must obtain a patch from Novell called PRFIX.COM. This patch allows a Novell nondedicated 286 server to print to LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. 

The patch can be downloaded from Novell’s Netwire Forum on CompuServe. The file is located in the Novell Software Library #3 and is archived as PRFIX.ARC. For questions regarding this problem, contact Novell Technical Support at (800) 638-9273 (800-NET-WARE).

= MORE INFORMATION =

PRFIX.ARC contains the following files:

PKARC.EXE PR2FIX.COM PR3FIX.COM PRFIX.DOS PKXARC.EXE PR1FIX.COM

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: dworkskb

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