Omission in Help and Support Document on Windows Vista

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William McIlroy

In the part about configuring a network printer it says, in pertinent part,
as follows:

"To connect to a network printer
After you have installed a network printer, you need to add a connection to
the printer for each computer on the network."

Actually this is not a complete description of the task at hand. You must
configure the printer for EACH USER (those desirous of a connection to the
printer) on EACH COMPUTER on the network. Printers are configured in the
user profile and, as such, are not shared among the various users that can
logon to a particular computer. This is so corporate users can be configured
to use the printers that are in their area on their floor. This, of course,
trickles down to the Small-Office-Home-Office user.

So. What's my question? Why isn't this important point in the Help and
Support Document?
 
William said:
In the part about configuring a network printer it says, in pertinent part,
as follows:

"To connect to a network printer
After you have installed a network printer, you need to add a connection to
the printer for each computer on the network."

Actually this is not a complete description of the task at hand. You must
configure the printer for EACH USER (those desirous of a connection to the
printer) on EACH COMPUTER on the network. Printers are configured in the
user profile and, as such, are not shared among the various users that can
logon to a particular computer. This is so corporate users can be configured
to use the printers that are in their area on their floor. This, of course,
trickles down to the Small-Office-Home-Office user.

So. What's my question? Why isn't this important point in the Help and
Support Document?
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I can only surmise that, as it's been this way since WinNT 4.0, perhaps
the writers didn't think it needed to be re-iterated again for Vista.
Of course, this doesn't help those who are completely new to Windows
networking conventions, and so should not have been omitted, as there
will always be new people learning the trade, some of whom won't
necessarily receive the proper training before turned loose.


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There are people coming along all the time. People new to the field and in
their early twenties were not participants when Windows NT 4.0 was
introduced. And, anyway, documentation isn't supposed to disintegrate as
time passes by. It is supposed be comprehensive. It is supposed to help and
support.
 
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