three uniquely positioned, highly respected, and widely read publications, which reach a combined global audience of over 144,000 authoritative technical professionals. the most efficient business-to-business media buy in the professional software development market.Īpplication Development Trends, Java™ Report Windows Server 2003 and later versions include a policy that blocks Kernel mode print drivers because Kernel mode print drivers can cause the computer to display blue screen errors.January/February 2001 Development Solutions Buyer's Guide Kernel mode drivers are monolithic drivers that hook into the operating system at the kernel level. When you print to a network printer, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 always use the print driver on the print sever if you are not using the local port workaround (method 2). Note: If you use method 2, you will not get printer updates from the print server when the printer driver is later updated on the server. Server is the name of the print server andĬlick Next, and then choose a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 driver for your printer.Ĭlick Next, and then follow the instructions to finish the wizard. In Control Panel, double-click Printers and Faxes.ĭouble-click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next.Ĭlick Local printer, click to clear the Automatically detect and install check box, and then click Next.Ĭlick Create a new port, and then under Port type, click Local Port.įor Port Name, type the path to the printer in the form of \\ server\ printer, where If you want to install a non-Kernel mode driver locally for a remote network printer: If you are installing a Windows NT 4.0 print driver, contact your network administrator to have the policy removed. To work around this behavior, use either the appropriate method: Method 1 To resolve this behavior, update the print driver on the print server so that it is not using a Kernel mode print driver. NOTE: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 print drivers are Kernel mode drivers. This behavior occurs because Windows Server 2003 does not support Kernel mode print drivers by default. If you want to use this driver, contact your system administrator about disabling this policy. The printer driver is not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer that blocks Windows NT 4.0 drivers.
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