On May 23, 2:45*pm, propman <prop...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> Jason Chambers wrote:> Quote:
> > I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a
> > Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually
> > get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be
> > completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing
> > the following:
> Quote:
> > From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right
> > clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new
> > x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet
> > 4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message
> > above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.
> Quote:
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Might be an obvious suggestion......
>
> Did you run the file first to install it before trying to setup the
> print. *If you are pointing your setup to the actual file you download
> from HP then it's no wonder it's not working as it's an executable file
> (.exe) which contains the printer drivers. *The drivers themselves have
> to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server. Hi Propman,
I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the
server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to
the printer shares this message comes up.