User Guide

Printing to a Network Printer 57
Novell Client for Windows
103-000159-001
December 7, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Disabling NetWare Login Dialog Boxes Brought Up by
the Print Provider
If users log in to a workstation but do not log in to NetWare and they have
NetWare printers installed, they will be prompted to log in to NetWare once
by the QMS print provider and once by the NDPS
®
print provider. These login
dialog boxes can be disabled if desired.
Windows NT/2000/XP
Windows NT/2000/XP has two registry setting options for disabling login
dialog boxes:
 If you set
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Print\Delay Login\Delay Login=1
the print provider tells Windows that the printer is a NetWare printer even
though the user is not authenticated. Then, the provider waits for an action
that requires authentication is detected before displaying a login dialog
box.
 If you set
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Print\Never Login\Never Login=1
the print provider never displays the NetWare login dialog, and print jobs
sent prior to authentication fail. A message similar to the following is
displayed:
"Error writing to \\TREE\QUE.context: A write fault
occurred on the network. Do you wish to retry or cancel
the job?"
Windows 95/98
Windows 95/98 has two registry setting options for disabling login dialog
boxes:
 If you set
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Print\Never Login\Never Login=1
the print provider never displays the NetWare login dialog. Print jobs will
succeed, but the printer will go offline. To print, you must log in to