Set password for win7 and printer in LAN but printer sharing

Question

I login win7 with the "administrator" account and password: xxx, my computer is the server to share the printer to other computers on the LAN, if I change the password of the "Administrator" account then the computer Other computers on the LAN will not print. If I create a "PrinterShare" account and a yyy password to share the printer, when I log in to win7, there will be 2 accounts: "administrator" and "PrinterShare", I don't want to share the printer account when I log in appears, how do I do it ? or I use an "administrator" account that still shares the printer, but I am allowed to change the password as long as the computers on the LAN do not know my password when sharing the printer.

Answer 1

Sorry for the late reply.

 

Create one Normal User(NON-admin) "PrinterShare" on your windows 7 system. Set password for the user.
Go the control panel. Device and Printers. Select the printer you want to share. Go to printer properties and then Security. Add the "PrinterShare" user and set allow print and Manage this printer under permission.

 

Share the USER "PrinterShare" and Password to users who is using the printer.

 

 

for 2nd option.

 

go to Network and Shareing center in control Panel then Change Advanced sharing setting. below option select Turn off password protected sharing.

 

 

 

Let me know if any other issue. 

Answer 2

Can you explain the setup step by step ?

Answer 3

Your network is non-domain. you have to allow user to connect to you system on netwrok which promt for username - password. you can use "PrinterShare" as regular user - Non admin - which allow user to still connect to your system on LAN. you can store that username password on other systems. Under printer security allow that user to print or manage printer rights depending on your requirement. That way you dont have to share your admin password with user. This gives you secure printing.

 

or Change advanced sharing settings and select Turn off password protection option from Password protected sharing. This allow all user to connect to your system on LAN without password. 

 

Thank you