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BUG: Printer Property Folder Displays Unnecessary Dialog Box

Article ID: 177303

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

Microsoft Windows 95 Driver Development Kit (DDK)
Microsoft Windows 98 Driver Development Kit (DDK)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Driver Development Kit

This article was previously published under Q177303

SYMPTOMS

The Details Port Settings button of the Printer Property folder displays an unnecessary dialog box when the port is a network port. For example, if the port name in the Details page is \\printer_server\printer and you click the Port Settings button, a dialog box appears with the following message:

There is nothing to configure for this port.

CAUSE

The Printer Property folder calls the Win32 API ConfigurePort in order to display configuration information. When Spoolss.dll resolves the ConfigurePort call, it calls the local print provider first. The net print provider is called after the local provider. The local provider's ConfigurePort displays the dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbprint KB177303