For those of you with more network and Terminal Server experience than I (and that’s pretty much everyone out there!), I’d like some advice on print spooler errors that have cropped up recently. It's a very long story, and part of it appears in another thread, but the short form is that Word 2010 automation needs the printer name EXACTLY as it appears in Aprinters() while VFP prefers 'just the facts', When TS is involved, VFP will remove any additional machine ID and session ID info from that printer string. A problem can arise when the application sends both types of output from a workstation whose Aprinters() name string includes the additional info. For my particular client, this is limited to just a couple of workstations, but the effect is disastrous and has forced them to restore Office 2003 until a the problem is fixed.

The solution would appear to be have all TS workstations address the network printer in the same way (without the machine ID and session ID--as 90% of them already do) but IT says this is not possible. However, they scream like stuck pigs when the print spooler jams with output from these workstations. Is it really impossible? If so, why isn't UNC 'universal'?