There was an issue that started to creep up starting with XP, we get some insight here from Brian Styles -
problem with use lpt1:  - require some admin priv.

And he refers the poster to -
Non-Administrators Cannot Remap an LPT Port to a Network Printer

HTH,

Kent

[ 22. September 2003, 17:21: Message edited by: kdyer ]
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