You are the network administrator for a company named SATYR Network Communications Inc. You have set up a Windows 2000 print server on an Intel-based computer. There is a print device that is connected to the Windows 2000 print server, and is shared for all users on the network. The necessary print permissions have been configured.

The network consists of clients running Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstations and Windows 98 on Intel platforms, Windows NT 4.0 Workstations on Alpha platforms, and Macintosh computers.

What is the correct configuration of the printing environment to support this diverse grouping of clients?

A. Do nothing. The default configuration of the Windows 2000 Print Server on an Intel platform natively supports all of the clients.
B. Install the Windows 98 drivers on the Windows 2000 Print Server. Install the appropriate printer driver on the each of the Macintosh computers.
C. Install the Windows NT 4.0 Alpha, Windows NT 4.0 Intel, and Windows 98 Intel Drivers on the Windows 2000 Print Server. Install the appropriate printer driver on each of the Macintosh computers.
D. Install the Windows NT 4.0 Alpha, Windows NT 4.0 Intel, Windows 98 Intel, and Macintosh printer drivers on the Windows 2000 Print Server.
E. No Answer is Correct

Answer E.

Why though?

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As a wild guess ( and we are talking wild), I would say that all printe servers are run under advanced server ????? Otherwise it looks ok. OR...its the guys from Franklin US Courts have hacked into your machine and swapped all the answers around....
BTW, I still cant see thicons when typing this message. I am looking to the left, and all I can see is the edge of the monitor NO ICONS !

Oops there they are



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Since we don't know what version of w2k the print server is we should probably assume that it is server. In this case the only thing that would need to be done is to install the print services for macintosh on the print server. All of the other services are already supported by win2k server. (page 200 windows 2000 accelerated training kit, ms press) Interpreting the table that it has there which says the following: "services for macintosh are included only with windows 2000 server, mot windows 2000 professional. This is a table just after it states that : to enable users of client computers running non-Microsoft os's to print, the print server must have additional services installed on it. That comes after it says that all MS operating systems 9x and later are supported by default.

My interpretation of this is that macintosh services is included but not installed. Should they be installed automatically and if this is a w2k server print server then the correct answer would be a.
If this is a professional w2k print server then the answer is most definitely e because macintosh services is not included by default.

We can't really make a definite answer of this one since it doesn't say what flavor of w2k the print server actually is. We only know what the clients are, which doesn't fill the answer of what is the server.

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Yeti,
Sorry it took so long to get back. Assuming that we are using W2K Server, here is the answer that would work.

W2K, NT 4 (alpha and intel) and earlier clients will use the W2K driver that is already installed. Load the W98 driver onto the W2K Server by using the Additional Drivers button in the printer properties dialog. Install the Macintosh Print Serves on the W2K Server (which installs Appletalk) for the Macs to see the printer. No installation is required on any of the clients.

You can do this on W2K Professional as well, the only limitation is that Pro only allows 10 simultaneous connections.

This is from the W2K Resource Kit, Operations Guide, Chapter 4, starting on page 201.

Answer A obviously doesn't work. Answer B is close, as is C. Answer D is very close, except that you don't install NT 4.0 (uses W2K driver) or Macintosh printer drivers, you load the Macintosh Printer Service.

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I found further reason for this to be answer E. According to MS no printer drivers for the following MS platforms need be installed: W98, W95, W2k, NT4 and earlier, but win3.x needs to have the drivers installed as does MS-Dos clients.

The following is an excerpt from their own training material:
1. W2k automatically downloads the printer drivers for client computers running Windows 2000, Windows NT version 4 and earlier, Windows 98, or Windows 95
2. Client computers running other Microsoft operating systems require installation of printer drivers.
3. Client computers running non-microsoft operating systems require installation of both printer drivers and the print service on the print server.

With that in mind BCD are all way off base since they all state that drivers for already supported MS OS's.
Now with my last post in mind, we already know that the services for macintosh are installed. All that needs to be done is install the printer driver for macintosh. W2k server already has that. If professional then drivers and services both need to be installed.

In conclusion this again makes the best answer to be E and the second best answer to be A for the following reason: If no mac clients were present then no changes would need to be made and all of the other answers are stating that you need to do something that MS has already done.

Then again who's to say MS has their act together in all of their documentation.

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