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'Net Use' in Windows 98 Autoexec.bat
I am trying to map a network printer to LPT3 on a Windows 98 workstation. I placed the following in the autoexec.bat file:
net use lpt3: /d
net use lpt3: \\server01\ml-1200
When Windows starts, I get an error that the network service has not started and to install NetBUI or IPX/SPX. This is a peer-to-peer Windows XP network with TCP/IP and Client for Microsoft Networks installed.
Do I have to have an entry in my autoexec.bat file with 'net start' first? How do I map this printer before Windows loads?
net use lpt3: /d
net use lpt3: \\server01\ml-1200
When Windows starts, I get an error that the network service has not started and to install NetBUI or IPX/SPX. This is a peer-to-peer Windows XP network with TCP/IP and Client for Microsoft Networks installed.
Do I have to have an entry in my autoexec.bat file with 'net start' first? How do I map this printer before Windows loads?
Soulja
What is the reason you need it to load before windows starts?
I don't think you will be able to since the autoexec runs before network services starts. If you are trying to print to MS-DOS base applications you can always select the option "Do you print from MS-DOS-based programs?" when setting the printer up in windows.
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It does not matter that it loads before Windows starts, only that it loads at some time when the user turns the computer on.
The program is a DOS based application that uses LPT3.
Could I run a batch file from 'run=' in WIN.INI ?
The program is a DOS based application that uses LPT3.
Could I run a batch file from 'run=' in WIN.INI ?
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If you are comfortable working in the registry,make the bat file, and call it from the run key, it will run when windows loads
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Thanks for the help. kronostm had the answer I wanted, but Kronos gave me the idea how I want to do this.