[THIN] How to use Windows Server 2003 print srivers on Windows 2000
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:26:13 +1000
Hi People,
Sorry, starting to feel like an idiot.
Starting from the top.
How to use Windows Server 2003 drivers on a Windows 2000 system.
1. stop the spooler
2. cd %systemroot%\inf
3. rename ntprint.inf to ntprint.inf.old
and delete ntprint.pnf
3. Make a directory, (it can be anywhere) but for this exercise:
md c:\w2k3_drv
md c:\w2k3_drv\i386
4. Copy driver.cab from \i386 on the Windows Server 2003 CD to
c:\w2k3_drv\i386\pdriver.cab.
Make sure it isn't called driver.cab otherwise it could potentially be used
as a source for other system drivers.
5. Copy ntprint.inf from \i386 on the Windows Server 2003 CD to c:\winnt\inf
6. edit c:\winnt\inf\ntprint.inf.
Look for the following section:
[SourceDisksNames.x86]
1 = %WinNET2003%,driver.cab,,"I386"
[SourceDisksNames.amd64]
1 = %WinNET2003%,driver.cab,,"Amd64"
[SourceDisksNames.ia64]
1 = %WinNET2003%,driver.cab,,"Ia64"
replace these lines with (alter drive lettering to suit):
[SourceDisksNames.x86]
1 = c:\w2k_drv,pdriver.cab,,"I386"
7. restart the spooler
When you add a printer now the Server 2003 drivers will be used.
Sometimes a resource dll isn't found and you'll have to manually select
c:\w2k3_drv\i386\pdriver.cab.
Aside from that this will let you use all the native Windows server 2003
drivers on Windows 2000.
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
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