Enable printer and network discovery in the client

The following provides steps to enable printing and network discovery services on a client PC to resolve issues with sending print commands or seeing other clients on the network.

• When a client pc cannot send print command or see another client on the network.

You must enable: Printer Spooler service to enable printing, DNS Client, Function Discovery Resource Publication, SSDP Discovery, UPnP Device Host services to make network discovery work.

1.  First enable a client as super client and then boot it to the desktop.
2. Right click on My Computer (Computer on Vista) and select Manage
3.  In the console that opens, pull down the Services menu and applications
4.  Click on Services and choose "Printer Spooler" (Figure 1).

Figure 1

5. Double-click on the Print Spooler key and in the "General" tab, click Startup Type drop down and choose automatic and click apply (Figure 2).

Figure 2

6. Once you click "Apply" the start button will become available. Click the "Start" button to start the service (Figure 3).

Figure 3

7.  Now, it will start the service (Figure 4).

Figure 4

8. Once done, the service will be running (Figure 5).

Figure 5

9.  Click "OK" to close the window.
10. Similarly, enable the "DNS Client, Function Discovery Resource Publication, SSDP
    Discovery, UPnP Device Host" service to make the Network discovery work.