How to Install a Windows 2000 Printer Driver or a Windows XP Printer Driver in Windows NT 4.O for Point and Print Functionality (263090)

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Section 1: Installing a Windows 2000 or Windows XP Printer Driver

To install a Windows 2000 or Windows XP printer driver on a Windows NT server, follow these steps from a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer on your network:

Note: If you are using either a Windows NT 4.0 driver or a Windows 2000 driver that is supplied by a third party, these steps may not work due to differences in design or driver names.

You may also receive error messages when you are managing drivers on a Windows NT 4.0-based printer server from a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path for the Windows NT 4.0 print server (for example: \\Nt4srvname).
   
   This action displays the shares on the remote computer.
2. Open the Printers folder. This action takes you into the printers folder on the remote computer.
3. Right-click the icon for the printer for which you want to add the Windows 2000 driver, and then click Sharing.
4. From the Sharing tab, click Additional Drivers, click the Intel/Windows 2000 option, and then click OK.

Section 2: Verifying That the Drivers Are Installed

To verify that the drivers are installed, follow these steps:

From a Windows 2000- or a Windows XP-based computer:

1. While you are still viewing the Printers folder of the remote, Windows NT 4.0-based computer, click File.
2. Click Server Properties, and then click the Drivers tab.
3. A list of installed printer drivers is displayed with the following properties:

   Printer_Name Intel Windows 2000 (Windows 2000 drivers)
   Printer_Name Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 (Windows NT 4.0 drivers)

From a Windows NT 4.0-based computer:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedt32, press ENTER, locate, and then click the following registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers

2. Under this key, you should see the following two subkeys that list the drivers currently installed:

   Version-2 is for NT 4.0 drivers
   Version-3 is for 2000 drivers

   Windows XP uses the same drivers as Windows 2000, so they are also version 3.

Note: You can simultaneously install Windows 2000 or Windows XP printer drivers for all drivers on a Windows NT 4.0 computer by using the Fixprnsv.exe file from the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM.

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: