Vista - Unable to connected to shared printer in Vista, XP works ok

08-21-2008

I have a print server in an Active Directory environment. I had
successfully added printers to all of the workstations in our
department both XP and Vista. This week; however, we are not able to
print from any of our Vista workstations. I have rolled back all MS
Updates for the server and the Vista workstations to no avail. This
was working last week. Below is the error I receive when attempting to
connect to one of the shared printers on the server.

Windows cannot connect to the printer.
Operation could not be completed (error
0x0000003).

Any insight or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

-Shane

08-21-2008

After some additional research I was able to locate a solution to my
problem at the following website. I used the "New Port" option and it
worked great.

http://computerperformance.co.uk/vis...ll_problem.htm

-Shane

On Aug 21, 2:28*pm, thanatos <shane.k.hun...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> I have a print server in an Active Directory environment. I had
> successfully added printers to all of the workstations in our
> department both XP and Vista. This week; however, we are not able to
> print from any of our Vista workstations. I have rolled back all MS
> Updates for the server and the Vista workstations to no avail. This
> was working last week. Below is the error I receive when attempting to
> connect to one of the shared printers on the server.
>
> Windows cannot connect to the printer.
> Operation could not be completed (error
> 0x0000003).
>
> Any insight or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Shane

08-21-2008	#1 (permalink)
thanatos n/a posts	Unable to connected to shared printer in Vista, XP works ok I have a print server in an Active Directory environment. I had successfully added printers to all of the workstations in our department both XP and Vista. This week; however, we are not able to print from any of our Vista workstations. I have rolled back all MS Updates for the server and the Vista workstations to no avail. This was working last week. Below is the error I receive when attempting to connect to one of the shared printers on the server. Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000003). Any insight or assistance would be greatly appreciated. -Shane
My System Specs

08-21-2008	#2 (permalink)
thanatos n/a posts	Re: Unable to connected to shared printer in Vista, XP works ok After some additional research I was able to locate a solution to my problem at the following website. I used the "New Port" option and it worked great. http://computerperformance.co.uk/vis...ll_problem.htm -Shane On Aug 21, 2:28*pm, thanatos <shane.k.hun...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > I have a print server in an Active Directory environment. I had > successfully added printers to all of the workstations in our > department both XP and Vista. This week; however, we are not able to > print from any of our Vista workstations. I have rolled back all MS > Updates for the server and the Vista workstations to no avail. This > was working last week. Below is the error I receive when attempting to > connect to one of the shared printers on the server. > > Windows cannot connect to the printer. > Operation could not be completed (error > 0x0000003). > > Any insight or assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > -Shane
My System Specs

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