start->run \\sambasrvr click on printers folder right click a printer, select properties, hit 'no' when asked to install drivers click on sharing tab -> install additional drivers select intel windows 2000, click ok I get this error: Unable to install the Intel, Windows 2000 driver. Operation could not be completed. The samba log file for the windows 2000 client (named python) shows this: [2001/11/28 16:11:48, 1] lib/util_sock.c:get_socket_name(1003) Gethostbyaddr failed for 144.34.36.2 [2001/11/28 16:11:48, 0] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:_spoolss_fcpn(4695) _spoolss_fcpn: Invalid handle (OTHER) [2001/11/28 16:11:48, 0] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:close_printer_handle(261) close_printer_handle: Invalid handle (OTHER) [2001/11/28 16:11:52, 0] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:close_printer_handle(261) close_printer_handle: Invalid handle (OTHER) [2001/11/28 16:11:59, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(238) python (144.34.36.2) couldn't find service ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} Could the 'Gethostbyaddr failed' be the source of my problem or is it something else? What am I missing? -- Amy Tanner amy at real-time.com