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Windows 7 access to a shared printer on XP
I am having what seems to be a very common issue - Windows 7 computer unable to access a shared printer connected to an XP Home machine.
I have tried tried several of the "fixes" suggested in this forum but no luck.
Here is the configuration. I have an HP printer connected to an XP Home machine.
The printer is shared and I can access it from another desktop (XP Home) connected to the local network via a cable and a laptop (XP Professional) connected via a wireless connection.
I have another Windows 7 laptop (Lenovo X61 tablet) where I am having trouble. First, I can see the computer and printer in the networking section. When I click on the printer to access it I get an "Windows cannot connect to the printer, Access is denied"
I have gone through the procedure of installing a printer on a local port using the configuration \\hostcomputer\sharedprintername. This allowed me to install the printer and driver. The printer show up on my list of device. I can print to it from applications - it will move through the printer queue but nothing will happen on the printer.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
thanks,
David