Vista - vista computer trying to connect to xp printer on xp network

i have 2 computers and one laptop in my home the main computer is xp, laptop
is xp. the hp printer is attached to main computer. my daughters computer is
vista. i can see all computers on the network and had no problem in adding
the printer to my xp laptop, but cannot add the printer to the vista
computer. i have norton on all computers and have removed it and still same
problem. when adding the printer on the vista computer, i can see the printer
but when i add it produces this error "Windows cannot connect
to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000046a)"

can anyone help, it does not seem vista and xp are very compatible

brian wrote:
Vista and XP *are* compatible; you're just missing something. Did you
install Vista drivers on the Vista machine? Get them from HP's website.

Make
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i have the disk for the drivers but no sure how to install and make it pull
up for vista
brian


"Malke" wrote:

I am having exactly the same problem. So, Vista needs the drivers to use a shared printer on the XP machine? Do you know where they are?

To both of you - forget the discs. Go onto Hp's website and download the drivers for your printer. Make sure you select Vista as your operating system, and make sure you know the difference between a 32bit operating System (Vista) and a 64bit operating system (Vista x64, Vista 64bit) - drivers for one will typically not work for the other.

As Make said - get the drivers and download them - even if it is a large download (The drivers for the Photosmart C6180, for example, are well over 150MB) you'll need it - it is rare for XP drivers to function 100% properly in Vista.

I got mine to work like this:
control panel
printers..
add a printer...
**(if you can see your networked printer in "Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer" do this
add a local printer...
turn on use existing port radio button...
...find your networed printer in the pull-down list
then you find your printer by supplier then model and this sets up your driver loads
when you get to send a test print, and you print the test page AND
you get one, you are in business!
cheers,
john

brian wrote:
Go to HP's website from the Vista machine and download the drivers for your
printer. Save them to somewhere you will find them, like your Desktop or
Downloads folder. Double-click on the downloaded file to start the
installation. The printer will be found during installation if you've set
up network file/printer sharing correctly.

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
and folders:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Malke
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this is an old error due typically to antivirus software.

E:\>winerror 0x0000046a
1130 ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_SERVER_MEMORY <--> 0xc0000205
STATUS_INSUFF_SERVER_RESOURCES


You need to reset the IRP values for the server service.

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Windows Printing Team
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