Problem adding shared Printer

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I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it that is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even downloaded the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer to a XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
 
Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver. Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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After hours of chat with HP support, I began to think I was the only one
having problems with Vista! I have 3 XP's and 2 Vista's sharing an HP C3180
All-In-One and I get that "Print Monitor Is Unknown" message too! Since it
is a Windows message (the little shield is there), I don't know if I should
blame HP or not. I have ready all of the suggestions in this section and
tried most of them. The only one that seemed to offer hope was to install
the original CD on both XP and Vista PC's, attach the printer to each one and
let it install as a local printer, then move the printer back to the one you
want to attach it to.

I agree with one person who asked if we had gone back to the 80's, having to
spend all our time fiddling with the system instead of just using it!!! (Mac
owners, stop snickering!)

Just wanted David to know he was not alone!
--
Billy Ray


Alan Morris said:
Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver. Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

david said:
I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it that is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium
computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even downloaded the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer to a
XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
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yes my account is and administrator account, and i have installed the driver
for the printer. it still has not worked.

Alan Morris said:
Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver. Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

david said:
I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it that is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium
computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even downloaded the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer to a
XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
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This addresses several issues one of them is a connection issue when UAC is
disabled and the shared printer has a language monitor..

here's the KB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938979

here's the x86 download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b9-d832-425b-b42c-d3eb2071bbec&DisplayLang=en




--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

david said:
yes my account is and administrator account, and i have installed the
driver
for the printer. it still has not worked.

Alan Morris said:
Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver.
Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

david said:
I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it that
is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium
computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even downloaded
the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer to
a
XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
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At last!!! I thought I was going to wind up storing my Vista computers in
the garage!

I downloaded and installed the update, booted and connected to the printer
in the XP machine in one try!

Spread this around all the other user groups that are wrestling with printer
problems!

And Thanks!
--
Billy Ray


Alan Morris said:
This addresses several issues one of them is a connection issue when UAC is
disabled and the shared printer has a language monitor..

here's the KB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938979

here's the x86 download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b9-d832-425b-b42c-d3eb2071bbec&DisplayLang=en




--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

david said:
yes my account is and administrator account, and i have installed the
driver
for the printer. it still has not worked.

Alan Morris said:
Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver.
Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it that
is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium
computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even downloaded
the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer to
a
XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
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Thanks you made my Monday

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Billyray44 said:
At last!!! I thought I was going to wind up storing my Vista computers in
the garage!

I downloaded and installed the update, booted and connected to the printer
in the XP machine in one try!

Spread this around all the other user groups that are wrestling with
printer
problems!

And Thanks!
--
Billy Ray


Alan Morris said:
This addresses several issues one of them is a connection issue when UAC
is
disabled and the shared printer has a language monitor..

here's the KB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938979

here's the x86 download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b9-d832-425b-b42c-d3eb2071bbec&DisplayLang=en




--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

david said:
yes my account is and administrator account, and i have installed the
driver
for the printer. it still has not worked.

:

Do you have a user account on the Vista machine or are you logged in
as
Administrator?

If the driver is from the vendor make sure you get the Vista driver.
Some
XP drivers will work unless they ship a bunch of bloatware

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

I have a computer with XP Media center with a local printer on it
that
is
shared for my home network. when i try to add it on my Vista premium
computer
the computer says that the print monitor is unknown. I even
downloaded
the
driver and it didnt work. I have no problems when adding the printer
to
a
XP
based system. I would Appreciate some help.
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