Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

I do not have the solution - however I print from Vista via XP printer - so
it is possible.

"Ed" wrote in message
...

Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless
router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network
and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

AJR,

What printer are you using? How did you set it up on the Vista machine?

John

"AJR" wrote:

I do not have the solution - however I print from Vista via XP printer - so
it is possible.

"Ed" wrote in message
...

Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless
router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network
and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

Yes, we have many cases like that. Thank you for inputs.

Vista: Cannot connect to the ...I was pulling my hair out trying to connect my vista pc to my xp pc based printer. I used the add local printer suggestion and it worked like a charm. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...c01c5 d22356f


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"OPSMP" wrote in message ...
Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

Please help - I'm bald from pulling out my hair.
I have connected to printer on xp machine from vista machine.
When attempting to print jobs go to the queue but just spool there and sit
never printing out. It took hours to get to this point but cannot figure
out what this problem can be caused by!!!!!

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

Yes, we have many cases like that. Thank you for inputs.

Vista: Cannot connect to the ...I was pulling my hair out trying to connect my vista pc to my xp pc based printer. I used the add local printer suggestion and it worked like a charm. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...c01c5 d22356f


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"OPSMP" wrote in message ...
Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

this fix worked for me too. thank you so much.

"OPSMP" wrote:

Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

Thank you for the feedback.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"fenceman55" wrote in message
...
this fix worked for me too. thank you so much.

"OPSMP" wrote:

Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other
operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer
Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for
Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included
with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are
missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless
router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop
and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows
cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network
and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

Worked perfectly. I suspect the root cause may have been that my printer
which is XP compatible is not Vista compatible, according to the OEM's
website. I am using a substitute driver that is Vista compatible. I will
have to test to see what functionality I actually have.

Many thanks !

"OPSMP" wrote:

Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
system do the following.

Vista
------
Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers
Click on Add a printer
Select Add a local printer
Create a new port Local Port Click on Next
Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
Name)
Select the printer from the list
Continue until the printer is installed.

Other operating systems
----------------------------
Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.

With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
should not be a problem.


"Ed" wrote:


Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed