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Windows 7: Connecting to printer
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11 Apr 2010
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Connecting to printer
Hi,
Any advice would be appreciated; I have a laptop running Windows 7, which I want to connect to a PC running Windows XP to access the printer, the laptop can see the printer but when I connect I get the following message
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’.
I have the printer shared out on the PC, just for information the laptop can see shared files and folders on the PC, without any problems.
Regards, | My System Specs |
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11 Apr 2010
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Welcome jonx 
Please give us more info your equipment. Make & model of printer, etc. How is it connected to XP computer ? Parallel or USB ? XP 32bit or 64bit ? Laptop 32bit or 64bit Windows 7 ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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11 Apr 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit Orlando, Florida |
Doc, I am interested in how you resolve this problem. I had this identical problem and I did solve; but I am sure my method was not the most expeditious. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
Memory 2.50 GB RAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB
Mouse Logitec optic USB
Cooling Fan based
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB
Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload
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11 Apr 2010
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XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 Southern Ontario Canada |
Quote: Originally Posted by jonx  Hi,
Any advice would be appreciated; I have a laptop running Windows 7, which I want to connect to a PC running Windows XP to access the printer, the laptop can see the printer but when I connect I get the following message
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’.
I have the printer shared out on the PC, just for information the laptop can see shared files and folders on the PC, without any problems.
Regards, Did you go throgh the "add printer" sequence in control panel -> printers?
It should share the printer but there's a small protocal driver that has to be dowloaded to the laptop... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew
OS XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
CPU Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz)
Motherboard Asus M2N-MX SE Plus
Memory Kingston DDR2 800 2gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GF-8400
Sound Card Realtek on Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Acer x-193bw
Screen Resolution 1440 x 900
Keyboard yes
Mouse yes
PSU 350watt In-Win
Case In-Win
Cooling Air
Hard Drives Western Digital 500g
Internet Speed 5mpbs
Other Info Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
Acer Aspire as GP netbook (on XP).
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