...I thought I'd used the /persistent:yes... well obviously I didn't.

/me slaps forehead

net use lpt1: \\\\HOGWASH\\XEROX4050 /persistent:yes

Did the trick... undid it and did it without the /persistent:yes, it was broke... put it back... worked... friggin unbelievable...

Wow... Peter was right... I DO LOVE CMD.EXE... in a BAD way though...

Then again, twixt you, Peter and others... we got it covered here...