I found that I had to disable simple sharing on the XP Pro machine to view
the properties of the print$ share. Once I did that, I could see the
Everyone group, etc. I am now past the Access Denied point in the install of
the printer but as the driver was installing, the Vista machine complained of
an Out of Memory condition so I rebooted and haven't gotten back to it.
Thanks for your help.
"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:
> Yes something has changed the security setting on the print$ share.
>
> Since you are running XP Pro you can reset this and allow everyone read
> access. Right click My Computer / Manage
>
> Shared Folders / Shares / Print$ right click Properties
>
> Share Permissions
>
> Admins and Power Users have full access
>
> the Everyone group should be there with Read access. I am assuming the
> Everyone group is missing.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Mike J" <MikeJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6633E8A8-A209-4E26-B38E-B4E361F5E471@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Alan,
> >
> > I got the access denied when I executed the dir command to the XP machine.
> > I then ran the XP network configuration wizard and set it up for a home
> > network with file and printer sharing. I still get the access denied
> > after
> > rebooting both machines and cannot connect to the printer. I found the
> > print$ folder on the XP machine but don't see anything about setting read
> > permissions or setting permissions at all.
> >
> > I have Norton Internet Security and from what I can see, the correct ports
> > are open per a technet note I read on file and print sharing. I turned
> > off
> > the firewall in NIS to test it but the same response came back to the dir
> > command.
> >
> > Any other ideas? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> open a command window on the Vista machine
> >> type
> >>
> >> dir \\xpmachine\print$
> >>
> >>
> >> 02/01/2008 04:29 PM <DIR> color
> >> 01/16/2008 12:55 PM <DIR> w32x86
> >> 07/21/2006 05:42 PM <DIR> WIN40
> >> 10/05/2007 11:29 AM <DIR> x64
> >>
> >>
> >> you should see a similar directory structure. If this returns access
> >> denied, you will need to enable read permissions on the XP print$ share
> >> which is the default configuration.
> >>
> >> If you have not run the XP network configuration wizard be sure to run
> >> that
> >> tool.
> >> --
> >> Alan Morris
> >> Windows Printing Team
> >> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >> "Mike J" <MikeJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:92D55802-104A-44C5-B132-83538F7B1DBC@xxxxxx
> >> >I have an XP Pro PC on my home network and am trying to connect to a
> >> >Lexmark
> >> > X215 printer that is shared off of the XP Pro machine. I am connecting
> >> > with
> >> > a new Vista Home Premium Dell XPS M1530 laptop. The rest of the
> >> > network
> >> > is
> >> > working fine - shared files, folders, access to the Internet, etc.
> >> >
> >> > The message I get when I try to connect is that Windows cannot connect
> >> > to
> >> > the printer. Access is denied.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >> >
>
>