cant print after 530???

[CTmtnbkr]

Hi,

Have a network wwith 3 printers all static IPs.

All of a sudden 2 of them will not print at vertain times of the day. Meaning after ~530 pm, noone can print to them, and they will start wotrking again at ~9am. The other network printer works just fine.

Any clues as to why this is happening? They were all working fine for months. This just started happening.

The only thing I have done on the server is to apply all security updates via windows update


Also...to add to the detail. This only affects 2 users. One os in the administrator group and the other is a domain user.

Ive checked the printer properties and they are available all the time.

Is there anything ekse that may be causing this?

 

[gregarican]

Has anyone modified the user account logon times? Although a user's computer session is still active if their account logon time has been cut off then access to network resources (e.g. file and print sharing) can be cut off.

 

[CTmtnbkr]

Hi,

No...the user accounts have not been modified.

Both computers are running XP Pro SP2. Could this be an issue? I kind of ruled it out because they had been ok (1 for a month or so, the other for a week). Then the problem started.

Could this be a windows firewall issue? If so, why would it start a while after it was installed.

thanks
Tom

 

[dkediger]

Are they connected to a hub/switch powered by a switched outlet?

 

[pauljex]

Hi CTmtnbkr

Try changing machine around, eg you have the broken one and give yours to the effected user... see if it follows the machine.

I had a similir issue, put a brand new machine in and it fixed it... This was in the morning around 06:30 though! (hence i didnt get to the bottom of it)

paulj

 

[CTmtnbkr]

They are connected to a hub(they both have internal print servers). They are not connected to a switched outlet