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06-06-2007
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| | New wireless Vista can't access networked printer thru XP PC Have a new laptop with Vista, trying to set up use of home networked printer which is attached to a PC running XP. The shared printer appears on the laptop and the laptop shows up on PC as part of network. When marking "Printer Sharing" in Network and Sharing in Vista, "(passwork required)" appears next to "On". I don't think I have a password but, even so, Vista never prompts me to enter a password and when I click on the shared printer the error message is, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." I can't figure out what to do. Thanks - J's Mom |
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06-06-2007
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| | Re: New wireless Vista can't access networked printer thru XP PC Have you created the same username on both computers? This search result may help too. Vista Print IssuesVista: printer causes explorer to crash ... I have connected to the printer the following way from a Vista Ultimate > machine: > > Add printer . ... http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaprint.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "J's Mom" <JsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BE9C2EB6-2C89-43DA-BEBD-E4E511E86405@microsoft.com... Have a new laptop with Vista, trying to set up use of home networked printer which is attached to a PC running XP. The shared printer appears on the laptop and the laptop shows up on PC as part of network. When marking "Printer Sharing" in Network and Sharing in Vista, "(passwork required)" appears next to "On". I don't think I have a password but, even so, Vista never prompts me to enter a password and when I click on the shared printer the error message is, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." I can't figure out what to do. Thanks - J's Mom |
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06-07-2007
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| | Re: New wireless Vista can't access networked printer thru XP PC Hi J's Mom, A diagnostic question: Are you able to share files with the computer running Windows XP? Thanks, Michael Stroh [MSFT] Microsoft Corp. "J's Mom" <JsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BE9C2EB6-2C89-43DA-BEBD-E4E511E86405@microsoft.com... > Have a new laptop with Vista, trying to set up use of home networked > printer > which is attached to a PC running XP. The shared printer appears on the > laptop and the laptop shows up on PC as part of network. > When marking "Printer Sharing" in Network and Sharing in Vista, "(passwork > required)" appears next to "On". I don't think I have a password but, even > so, Vista never prompts me to enter a password and when I click on the > shared > printer the error message is, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. > Access > is denied." I can't figure out what to do. > Thanks - > J's Mom |
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