If the print driver is included in Vista. Install a local printer adding a
Local Port \\XPMACHINENAME\PRINTSHARENAME and use the Vista driver.
error 3 is path not found
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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"johnels" <johnels@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've brought my work laptop (running Windows Vista Ultimate) home and
> connected it to my home network. I can connect to file shares on the other
> computers on the home network, but I'm unable to connect to any shared
> printers. When I attempt to connect, I get the following message:
>
> Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
> (error 0x00000003).
>
> I have tried connecting to shared printers on two different computers (one
> running Windows Vista Ultimate, the other running Windows XP
> Professional),
> with identical results.
>
> The other computers on my home network have no difficulty sharing printers
> with each other. It's just my work laptop that has this problem.
>
> Could this have something to do with the laptop being joined to a domain?
> (My home network is a workgroup, not a domain.) I certainly don't want to
> unjoin the domain every time I bring it home, and rejoin when I go back to
> the office.
>