Find Printer Search Does Not Work on a Windows NT 4.0 Client Using Directory Services Client (296995)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Active Directory Client Extension
  • Microsoft Active Directory Services Interface, Microsoft Active Directory Client

This article was previously published under Q296995

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Find Printer action to locate all of an Active Directory domain's printers, the search may not work and may return the following error message:
No items match the current search.
This problem occurs under the following circumstances:
  • The client is a Windows NT 4.0-based computer with Active Directory Client for Windows NT 4.0 installed.
  • The client is searching for all printers in a domain other than the domain in which its machine account resides.
If the search occurs in the computer's own domain, the search returns all the domain's printers.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date       Time      Version        Size      File name
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   5/8/2001   07:12p   5.0.2195.3593   123,664   Wldap32.dll 
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

The Directory Services client for Windows NT 4.0 is available for download from the following Microsoft Web site:

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/28/2006
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbDirServices kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB296995