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January 13th 08, 03:18 AM
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Printer Sharing XP to Vista
Hello,
I have an XP Home Edition desktop with two printers connected to it via USB. I am trying to share the printers to a newer Vista laptop. I have successfully shared folders from both computers to the other. I can add a printer from the Vista laptop on the XP desktop. But, when I try to add a printer from the XP desktop to the Vista laptop (which is what I really need to do), it does not work. It can see the printers, but when I try to add them, it displays the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." I get the same message for all of the printers. Can anyone suggest any possible remedies? Thanks, Joe 
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January 13th 08, 02:47 PM
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Printer Sharing XP to Vista
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:18:00 -0800, PlumCreekJoe wrote:
I have an XP Home Edition desktop with two printers connected to it via USB. I am trying to share the printers to a newer Vista laptop. I have successfully shared folders from both computers to the other. I can add a printer from the Vista laptop on the XP desktop. But, when I try to add a printer from the XP desktop to the Vista laptop (which is what I really need to do), it does not work. It can see the printers, but when I try to add them, it displays the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." I get the same message for all of the printers. Can anyone suggest any possible remedies? Joe, yes. Please have a look at http://winhlp.com/node/200 . Hans-Georg -- No mail, please.
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January 13th 08, 07:50 PM
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Printer Sharing XP to Vista
I downloaded and installed the Vista printer driver locally on my laptop,
with the port set to the \\computername\printername, and this worked! Thanks for your help! "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:18:00 -0800, PlumCreekJoe wrote: I have an XP Home Edition desktop with two printers connected to it via USB. I am trying to share the printers to a newer Vista laptop. I have successfully shared folders from both computers to the other. I can add a printer from the Vista laptop on the XP desktop. But, when I try to add a printer from the XP desktop to the Vista laptop (which is what I really need to do), it does not work. It can see the printers, but when I try to add them, it displays the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." I get the same message for all of the printers. Can anyone suggest any possible remedies? Joe, yes. Please have a look at http://winhlp.com/node/200 . Hans-Georg -- No mail, please.
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January 14th 08, 09:44 AM
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Printer Sharing XP to Vista
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:50:03 -0800, PlumCreekJoe wrote:
I downloaded and installed the Vista printer driver locally on my laptop, with the port set to the \\computername\printername, and this worked! Thanks for your help! You're welcome. Thanks for reporting back! It's always good to know what worked. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please.
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