Mcafee blocks printer sharing

McAfee SaaS Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off? Submit ». Ghost Chili. AR-Beekeeper This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Pure Capsaicin. Mudcow Mar 14, at UTC. Cheers dbeato, I dont have the options available to me stated on that thread I have spoken to McAfee but they just described the process of unblocking ports etc through SaaS.

Are these laptops by any chance? Are you using HIPs? And what version of ePO are you using? It cant get much basic than that. Brand Representative for HP. See input below from our consultant: Mudcow has provided evidence that the printer sharing issue is in fact caused by McAfee blocking ports necessary for sharing.

Be aware that some older printers are using SMB2 and you may need to enable it in Windows You should also correctly configure paper management on your printers. Click the small arrowhead next to "Firewall" and click the "Settings" link to open the Firewall Settings window. Click the "Program Permissions" tab to view the permissions assigned by McAfee to your programs. Click the "Add" button, select "Full" in the Access drop-down box and then click the "Browse" button to open a file browser.

Click the "Ports and System Services" tab to view the system services that are allowed to communicate through unrestricted ports. Kirk Bennet started writing for websites and online publications in He covers topics in nutrition, health, gardening, home improvement and information technology.

Share on Facebook. Step 2 Click the small arrowhead next to "Firewall" and click the "Settings" link to open the Firewall Settings window.

Step 3 Click the "Program Permissions" tab to view the permissions assigned by McAfee to your programs.