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Changing Group Domain On Win2000 Server

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by yukka, Nov 3, 2003.

  1. yukka TechSpot Paladin Posts: 552

    i have a problem with a win98 pc connecting to a win2000 server network.

    i want to network a printer attached to the win98 pc so all other network pcs can use it.

    problem is when i go into access control and change the user-level access control to the appropriate name server (has to be done before i can change the name of the printer and set permisions), it resets on logon to the original server.

    i cant find the setting to change it for all groups on the windows2000 server, seems like the obvious places are all correct.

    any help would be great :) thanks
  2. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    ah man! I remember that problem! I can't remember what you do!

    for what its worth, win9x networking tends to fix itself when you remove all of the important components (client for microsoft networks, TCP/IP, etc) and then add them back in again.
  3. yukka TechSpot Paladin Posts: 552

    not a bad suggestion, i'll give it a try.

    if that doesnt work, i have to find the policy file on the server that resets the domain every login.

    or something like that :)
  4. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    see if you can get hold of poledit for win9x.
  5. yukka TechSpot Paladin Posts: 552

    finally, used poledit but discovered that the main policy file was corrupt (could be opened in ultraedit, but not using the normal win2k utility).

    made a new policy entirely, and now its all fine :)

    thanks for the help