Vista to Win ME Shared Printer

[wallstguy]

Hi, have a shared printer (HP940C) on my WIN ME desktop machine. Has been
working fine until I replaced my laptop that had XP with a new one with
VISTA. I see the shared desktop and see the printer, but when I try and
connect to it, I get an error box ( Windows cannot connect to the printer.
Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000866)

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

This post may help. Please post back with the result.

Solved: Vista print Error 0x00000866Situation: Vista receives print Error
0x00000866 Resolution: 1. Add a Local Printer and then create a new port
pointing to the shared printer. ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=2087


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[wallstguy]

yes, it did. very good thank you. just curious though, when i reboot my
laptop, do i have to run the net use again? or can i have that self run upon
laptop startup?