Adding Win2K printer driver on Win NT 4.0 print Server..

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Hi All,



Has anybody come across a tool that is available at MS to Add Win2K printer
driver on WinNt 4.0 based server? I tried finding but couldn’t.



Any help is appreciated.



With Best Regards,



- Nayan

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Well it depends on the Win2K driver:

If it’s a monolithic driver then :

  1. WinNT4 accepts only Kernel Mode graphics drivers - Win2K and XP can do both Kernel Mode and User Mode
    You can check the driver version to see if it’s a Kernel or User Mode driver - see MSDN about the versioning
  2. The DrvEnableDriver function shall fill the functions table using only INDEX_XXX that are defined for NT4
  3. The driver shall not call system functions that are not available on NT4

Check this link about Kernel Mode vs User Mode:
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And check this link about printer drivers versioning:
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If it’s UNIDRV based then:
If my memory serves it might work if service pack 6 (a) is installed - but be aware of plugins (if any) that are
using Win2K functions that are not available on WinNT4

Regards,
Dan.

Hi All,
Has anybody come across a tool that is available at MS to Add Win2K printer driver on WinNt 4.0 based server? I tried
finding but couldn’t.
Any help is appreciated.
With Best Regards,
- Nayan</http:></http:>

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Uhhh … Isn’t this like retro-fitting a GE Turbo Jet engine to the Wright Brothers Flyer? It really looks great in the commercial, but tends to ignore a lot of physics.

Gary G. Little
Seagate Technologies, LLC
“Nayan” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Hi All,

Has anybody come across a tool that is available at MS to Add Win2K printer driver on WinNt 4.0 based server? I tried finding but couldn’t.

Any help is appreciated.

With Best Regards,

- Nayan