I've tried those and have had no success
any other ideas? I've tried on several different networks..at home and
office...it lets me load and then when I try to print anything it says
communication error?
"mgsb" wrote:
> Kerry's suggestion worked for me. I have a Canon MP130 on a XP machine that
> had been shared successfully with other XP machines. After upgrading to Vista
> on one PC, I got the "Access Denied" message when trying to use the MP130 on
> Vista. File sharing worked fine between the two PCs. I did the following:
>
> 1. Downloaded Vista drivers for MP130 from Canon
> 2. Installed the MP130 locally on the Vista PC (which for Canon means having
> to plug in the USB cable - ugh).
> 3. Re-connected MP130 to XP PC
> 4. On the Vista PC, opened the properties page for the MP130.
> 5. Select Port tab
> 6. Choose "Add a port"
> 7. Choose "Local port" (yes, not obvious, but don't use TCP/IP)
> 8. Type in the share name: \\xp-pc-name\printer-name
> 9. Make sure the new port is selected (checked)
>
> Mark
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
> > Make sure the XP machine has a user account with the same username and
> > password as you are using on Vista. Another possible problem is drivers. If
> > Vista doesn't have built in drivers for the printer it tries to load the
> > drivers from the XP computer. This probably won't work and shows up as
> > different errors depending on the printer. Sometimes you can get it to work
> > by installing a local printer that is compatible then changing the port in
> > the printer properties to the printer share (i.e.
> > \\computername\printename). What printers are we talking about?
> >
> > --
> > Kerry Brown
> > Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> > http://www.vistahelp.ca
> >
> >
> > "Gay Lynne Kegan" <GLKegan@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:257E50B5-51C7-4159-BAB3-48D4B0EDC310@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a few printers connected to my xp machine. I can see the printer on
> > >my Vista computer but when I go to install it I get an access denied
> > >message. What do I do so I can use my printers?
> > >
> > > Gay Lynne
> > >
> >
> >