Vista - Not able to name share printer

02-03-2008

I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message
that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this?
I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from
sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable
sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.

02-04-2008

If this is an upgrade from XP, the printer will not get migrated but the
Server service will migrate the share name information. Take a look under
this registry key for the share name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares

I don't recall if you have to reboot or not after clearing the stale data.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

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Quote:

>I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message
> that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this?
> I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from
> sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable
> sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.

02-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
J n/a posts	Not able to name share printer I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this? I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.
My System Specs

02-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: Not able to name share printer If this is an upgrade from XP, the printer will not get migrated but the Server service will migrate the share name information. Take a look under this registry key for the share name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares I don't recall if you have to reboot or not after clearing the stale data. -- 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. "J" <J@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:BB76D412-223D-464F-8367-439C93D1FF07@xxxxxx Quote: >I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message > that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this? > I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from > sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable > sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.
My System Specs

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