shovelhd
Autocross Champion
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- Western MA
Assuming you have full local administrator rights or the domain administrator password.
Hackerman.jpegI think we've only got about 11 computers. A couple of them are set up only to function as a time clock or a place to print contracts. We've never had IT. IT became one of my many responsibilities just because I'm the youngest and most computer savvy. I've built the majority of PCs here and I can usually figure out any problem we've got, so they think I'm a computer wizard. I'm really just not computer illiterate and I know how to google my problems. lol
I would need a step by step guide to do what you're saying. I'm familiar with the registry editor, but not enough to do anything if my hand isn't being held.
In a domain/AD environment, it probably always will be. It's a relic of the past. Even $99 printers these days come with WiFi or Ethernet. Older printers can be connected to a $29 network print server. Printer Sharing was designed for days gone by.Printer sharing has been a huge pain in the ass. I feel like I'm always fighting against that.
The printer we're using for our contracts is an old dot matrix printer lolIn a domain/AD environment, it probably always will be. It's a relic of the past. Even $99 printers these days come with WiFi or Ethernet. Older printers can be connected to a $29 network print server. Printer Sharing was designed for days gone by.
There's no need for a domain if all you need are shared network access, Internet access, file services, print services, and security is not your #1 concern. Workgroups still work just fine, they're just more granular and time consuming to administer if moves, adds, and changes are happening more often than you have time for.
Windows updates are the bane of my existence. How the hell do you have essentially a monopoly on an operating system, sell it to the whole world, make new versions occasionally, and STILL need constant updates? I swear my PC gets slower every time it updates, until it becomes basically useless.one day after some windows updates it quit working.
Printer sharing has been a huge pain in the ass.
Apple is no different, nor is Google.Windows updates are the bane of my existence. How the hell do you have essentially a monopoly on an operating system, sell it to the whole world, make new versions occasionally, and STILL need constant updates? I swear my PC gets slower every time it updates, until it becomes basically useless.
CSB- I have a new 'wireless' printer that works great when I first set it up...then it never works again. I have to remove and reinstall and it will work again, one time. I decided I wanted to hard wire it to a nearby router so everyone could use it. It takes a myriad of menu selections on the little printer screen to find a way to do this, it won't just recognize the ethernet cable. Long story short, it consistently works now but not as advertised.
Parallel port network print serverThe printer we're using for our contracts is an old dot matrix printer lol
We tried to upgrade it at some point, but it was going to require some backend changes that I can't make in order to get the text properly lined up with the lines on the contract. Nobody had time to mess with it so we put it back in the box and kept the dot matrix.
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Our sales and service program requires specific printers in order to be compatible, so that kinda makes things a little more difficult. I haven't looked at the list in a while to see if there's any with wifi/bluetooth.
Interesting...I'll bookmark that for now.Parallel port network print server
This should work for your dot matrix printer. There are similar print servers available for your older USB non-networked printers as well.
So do I.No doubt. I especially like out driving automatic drivers on tracks
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That's cheap. Store brand are $5.49 here, Egglands are $5.99 and the free range fancy ones in the clear containers are $6.99 - all for the large, not extra large.$5 a donut doesn't sound too far off these days.
12 eggs are $4.99 near me (a little less at the really crowded super market)