Vista gives access denied to shared XP printer

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I have private home network with a new Vista Home Premium computer. Vista
sees the XP computer that has the officejet V40 printer. But whenever I try
to connect a message says access is denied. what is up with that! Who says
access is denied, it is my computer and my private network. How do I allow
access to my own network? how many hoops do I have to jump through to
network to a printer. This should be a seamless operation and already too
much time has been wasted. Nice job microsoft!
 
A note on the guest account. When sharing is enabled using the XP network
setup wizard, this account is enabled. So by default, if you are sharing
something, this account should be enabled.

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Alan Morris
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more hoops stilll access is denied message comes up when connecting to
printer. I am looking into port configurations with Norton, to see if that
helps.
 
Microsoft problem still unresolved.
Orangedog said:
more hoops stilll access is denied message comes up when connecting to
printer. I am looking into port configurations with Norton, to see if that
helps.
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Check the following:
on the vista machine go to the command prompt (cmd)
In this environment, enter 'dir \\myXP\print$' where myXP is the hostname of
the XP machine. If all works out correctly, this should return the contents
of that directory. If it's not, you're having a network problem - and not a
printer problem.

Here's a solution:
On the XP machine
- enable the guest account
- create an account: user + password (exactly the same as on the vista
machine)

On the Vista machine
- create an account: user + password (exactly the same as on the XP machine)
- log on with this account
- Open the network environment (this should show the vista machine and the
myXP machine)
- double click on the myXP machine: the shared printer should show up. If
this is the case connect to the shared printer, and you're done...

I hope this will get it working! Daniel
 
I also have this problem the network is working fine ie i can access all
other files on the remote pc where the printer is installed
Can i access this printer no access is denied, bearing in mind the rest of
the network "WORKS" can someone advise hoe i can get access to shared printer
?????
 
If I am understading everything correctly. I thought I needed to install the
vista driver on my xp machine. The Vista is running driver version
6.0.6000.16386 and my XP is running driver 5.0. Is the driver availible to
download and will that fix the problem? I have not tried the previous threads
with the hoop jumping. If this is a simple solution let me know.
 
Yes you can install the inbox Vista drivers on XP. Perform this using
Vista as the client and add the driver to the remote machine by browsing to
the remote machine and opening the remote printers folder.


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

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Alan Morris said:
Yes you can install the inbox Vista drivers on XP. Perform this using
Vista as the client and add the driver to the remote machine by browsing to
the remote machine and opening the remote printers folder.


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

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TryState said:
If I am understading everything correctly. I thought I needed to install
the
vista driver on my xp machine. The Vista is running driver version
6.0.6000.16386 and my XP is running driver 5.0. Is the driver availible to
download and will that fix the problem? I have not tried the previous
threads
with the hoop jumping. If this is a simple solution let me know.
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I continued to have problems, even after the notebook running Vista
recognized the two network printers I have at home. I continued to get the
"Access Denied" message. To rectify, here were the steps:
1) Click START
2) PRINTERS
3) ADD
4) Choose ADD LOCAL PRINTER
5) CREATE NEW PORT
6) LOCAL PORT
7) NEXT
8) \\computername\\printer share name [Note: to obtain this go to the pc
that hosts the printer, go to Printer and Faxes, pick the printer, right
click the icon and choose Sharing and the Share Name shows in that window.]
9) click "Next" or "Continue" to follow the rest of the steps to connect to
the printer.
10) Repeat 1 - 9 to add additional printers


Alan Morris said:
Yes you can install the inbox Vista drivers on XP. Perform this using
Vista as the client and add the driver to the remote machine by browsing to
the remote machine and opening the remote printers folder.


--
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.

TryState said:
If I am understading everything correctly. I thought I needed to install
the
vista driver on my xp machine. The Vista is running driver version
6.0.6000.16386 and my XP is running driver 5.0. Is the driver availible to
download and will that fix the problem? I have not tried the previous
threads
with the hoop jumping. If this is a simple solution let me know.
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3 computers: one Vista Home Premium, two XP Home SP2 machines.

I had same problem and used same solution.

Yet, I still can not access the XP Computer from Vista machine (Access
Denied) to see the printer and a shared folder I set up on the XP machine.

However, I can see the XP printer and folders on my other XP machine in the
same network.

Any assistance will be helpful and greatly appreciated.

Cordially,
Robert


SavvySecrets said:
I continued to have problems, even after the notebook running Vista
recognized the two network printers I have at home. I continued to get the
"Access Denied" message. To rectify, here were the steps:
1) Click START
2) PRINTERS
3) ADD
4) Choose ADD LOCAL PRINTER
5) CREATE NEW PORT
6) LOCAL PORT
7) NEXT
8) \\computername\\printer share name [Note: to obtain this go to the pc
that hosts the printer, go to Printer and Faxes, pick the printer, right
click the icon and choose Sharing and the Share Name shows in that
window.]
9) click "Next" or "Continue" to follow the rest of the steps to connect
to
the printer.
10) Repeat 1 - 9 to add additional printers


Alan Morris said:
Yes you can install the inbox Vista drivers on XP. Perform this using
Vista as the client and add the driver to the remote machine by browsing
to
the remote machine and opening the remote printers folder.


--
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.

TryState said:
If I am understading everything correctly. I thought I needed to
install
the
vista driver on my xp machine. The Vista is running driver version
6.0.6000.16386 and my XP is running driver 5.0. Is the driver availible
to
download and will that fix the problem? I have not tried the previous
threads
with the hoop jumping. If this is a simple solution let me know.

:

I also have this problem the network is working fine ie i can access
all
other files on the remote pc where the printer is installed
Can i access this printer no access is denied, bearing in mind the
rest
of
the network "WORKS" can someone advise hoe i can get access to shared
printer
?????

:

I have private home network with a new Vista Home Premium computer.
Vista
sees the XP computer that has the officejet V40 printer. But
whenever
I try
to connect a message says access is denied. what is up with that!
Who says
access is denied, it is my computer and my private network. How do
I
allow
access to my own network? how many hoops do I have to jump through
to
network to a printer. This should be a seamless operation and
already
too
much time has been wasted. Nice job microsoft!
Click to expand...
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Thank you so much! This worked like a charm! Total frustration has turned
into being a happy camper. I was able to network to hubby's printer and could
see the printer on the other computer but access was denied when i tried to
select it. This solution was perfect. Again, thank you.

SavvySecrets said:
I continued to have problems, even after the notebook running Vista
recognized the two network printers I have at home. I continued to get the
"Access Denied" message. To rectify, here were the steps:
1) Click START
2) PRINTERS
3) ADD
4) Choose ADD LOCAL PRINTER
5) CREATE NEW PORT
6) LOCAL PORT
7) NEXT
8) \\computername\\printer share name [Note: to obtain this go to the pc
that hosts the printer, go to Printer and Faxes, pick the printer, right
click the icon and choose Sharing and the Share Name shows in that window.]
9) click "Next" or "Continue" to follow the rest of the steps to connect to
the printer.
10) Repeat 1 - 9 to add additional printers


Alan Morris said:
Yes you can install the inbox Vista drivers on XP. Perform this using
Vista as the client and add the driver to the remote machine by browsing to
the remote machine and opening the remote printers folder.


--
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.

TryState said:
If I am understading everything correctly. I thought I needed to install
the
vista driver on my xp machine. The Vista is running driver version
6.0.6000.16386 and my XP is running driver 5.0. Is the driver availible to
download and will that fix the problem? I have not tried the previous
threads
with the hoop jumping. If this is a simple solution let me know.

:

I also have this problem the network is working fine ie i can access all
other files on the remote pc where the printer is installed
Can i access this printer no access is denied, bearing in mind the rest
of
the network "WORKS" can someone advise hoe i can get access to shared
printer
?????

:

I have private home network with a new Vista Home Premium computer.
Vista
sees the XP computer that has the officejet V40 printer. But whenever
I try
to connect a message says access is denied. what is up with that!
Who says
access is denied, it is my computer and my private network. How do I
allow
access to my own network? how many hoops do I have to jump through to
network to a printer. This should be a seamless operation and already
too
much time has been wasted. Nice job microsoft!
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