IPX Direct Hosting May Corrupt Print Jobs from Windows For Workgroups to Windows NT
Article ID: 151745
Article Last Modified on 12/5/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
This article was previously published under Q151745
SYMPTOMS
Print jobs to a computer running Windows NT Server from a computer running
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 may randomly print garbled output. This occurs
if the server and client are both running NWLINK IPX/SPX, the client uses
an ODI network adapter driver, direct hosting is enabled, and the client
sends the print job over IPX.
RESOLUTION
You can work around this problem by using the NDIS driver for your network
adapter on the client or by disabling direct hosting on the client.
To Disable Direct Hosting on WFWG
Add the following parameter to the [network] section of the client's
System.ini file:
NOTE: Page 4-12 of the "Windows for Workgroups Resource Kit", Addendum for
Version 3.11 incorrectly states this parameter as 'directhosting'. This is
a documentation error.
For more information about direct hosting query on "DirectHosting" "direct
hosting" or "directhost" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
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