I'm trying to add a network printer in Vista that is a secure printer. I was
able to add the printer with XP SP2 on two different computers and now when I
try to add the printer, it tells me the printer cannot be found.

It is a secure printer, so when I added the printer with XP, a
login/password dialog box showed up. Any help would be appreciated. I'm
beginning to think this is a bug as I could connect a different IPP printer
that was not secure.

Thanks,

Jamie

Try adding the printer logged as an administrator.

"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CDA0187-970C-4AFF-A903-92EA083989D1@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to add a network printer in Vista that is a secure printer. I
> was
> able to add the printer with XP SP2 on two different computers and now
> when I
> try to add the printer, it tells me the printer cannot be found.
>
> It is a secure printer, so when I added the printer with XP, a
> login/password dialog box showed up. Any help would be appreciated. I'm
> beginning to think this is a bug as I could connect a different IPP
> printer
> that was not secure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jamie

I am an administrator. This is my own box. I got a version of Vista
Business from our schools MSDN. I can add the printer even not as an admin
on XP. It's not an admin thing, Vista can not even connect to the printer
properly.

"John" wrote:

> Try adding the printer logged as an administrator.
>
> "Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6CDA0187-970C-4AFF-A903-92EA083989D1@microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to add a network printer in Vista that is a secure printer. I
> > was
> > able to add the printer with XP SP2 on two different computers and now
> > when I
> > try to add the printer, it tells me the printer cannot be found.
> >
> > It is a secure printer, so when I added the printer with XP, a
> > login/password dialog box showed up. Any help would be appreciated. I'm
> > beginning to think this is a bug as I could connect a different IPP
> > printer
> > that was not secure.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jamie
>

Vista unless you have fiddled with the registry runs admin accounts most of
the time as a standard account
open a command line and try and run chkdsk and you will see what I mean

Its a permissions problem it expects you to supply a user name and password
for the network even if there is none



"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:530A4146-417A-4C77-91BE-C73B88FEBA69@microsoft.com...
>I am an administrator. This is my own box. I got a version of Vista
> Business from our schools MSDN. I can add the printer even not as an
> admin
> on XP. It's not an admin thing, Vista can not even connect to the printer
> properly.
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> Try adding the printer logged as an administrator.
>>
>> "Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6CDA0187-970C-4AFF-A903-92EA083989D1@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm trying to add a network printer in Vista that is a secure printer.
>> > I
>> > was
>> > able to add the printer with XP SP2 on two different computers and now
>> > when I
>> > try to add the printer, it tells me the printer cannot be found.
>> >
>> > It is a secure printer, so when I added the printer with XP, a
>> > login/password dialog box showed up. Any help would be appreciated.
>> > I'm
>> > beginning to think this is a bug as I could connect a different IPP
>> > printer
>> > that was not secure.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Jamie
>>