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RE: Windows Vista laptop can't connect to network printer on home netw I have same problems. I use Windows Vista Ultimate and Lexmark Z25 on my
other XP based PC.
"johnels" wrote:
> 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:
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> Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
> (error 0x00000003).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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