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Annexes Annex V: How to configure Windows Securities to connect WPE and RemoteAdmin to Win-
13.5 Annex V: How to configure Windows Securities to
How to configure Windows securities in order to activate WPE and RemoteAdmin
connections from remote client to a Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista/
Windows Server 2008
Concerns: PRISMAspool V4.0x
How to reproduce:
1. Server PC run on Windows XP PROF. SP2
2. Install PRISMAspool 4.0x on the Server
3. Install Windows NT Print Extension (WPE) on client
4. Add a printer using this WPE port
5. Configure WPE port of this printer with Remote installation referring to the server IP ad-
dress (of full name)
6. When OK-button is clicked in this Port Configuration window. WPE tries to connect to
server, but it fails with "The requested spool server does not exist".
Cause:
This problem is due to changes in DCOM securities (added by Windows XP SP2).
Solution:
If you want to use a Windows Print Extension (WPE) or RemoteAdmin from a Client PC to
a PRISMAspool Server installed on Windows XP + SP2 / SP3, or Windows Vista, or Win-
dows Server 2008 you have to check and modify some security settings on the Windows
Platforms.
Next steps explain how to do this for Windows XP SP2, the same apply for for the other
platforms. You may find out some slight differrences in the screens, but the interface is ba-
sically the same; relevant differences are mentionned explicitely.
In Windows XP SP2, use
Start | Control Panel | Perfarmance and Maintenance | Administrative Tools | Local Security
Policy | Local Policies
Select "Security Options" and open "DCOM:Machine Access Restrictions ..."
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Windows XP/Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7
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