Vista gives access denied to shared XP printer

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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"Daniel" <Daniel.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E2650AD-0FDD-46CA-AE4F-AFEB7BEE7637@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Here are a few tricks found in various newsgroups which did it for me.
> Please note that the tips below will only using an admin account, not with
> a
> standard account.
>
> On the XP machine:
> - enable the Guest account on the XP machine
> (don't know why this has to be done, normally this account is disabled)
> - check the permissions on the XP share$ folder (Everyone read)
> - check print permissions on the security tab
> (allowed print for 'Everyone' and 'Network' on XP machine)
>
> Vista machine:
> - the account on the vista machine must have a non-blank password to log
> in
> - allow Vista to discover the network
> - allow Vista to do file sharing
> - created a Local Port on Vista, (Local Port like
> \\XPComputer\YourPrinter )
> and
> connect to it
> - as an alternative, try to connect to the YourPrinter via network
> (find \\XPComputer and its shared printer)
>
> This works fine for the admin account, but not for the Standard Account on
> vista. I hope someone will come up with an answer for that as well...
>
> Cheers, Daniel

"Daniel" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Here's a complete answer:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
>
>

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.


"Daniel" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Here's a complete answer:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
>
>

Microsoft problem still unresolved.
"Orangedog" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> "Daniel" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here's a complete answer:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >

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
?????

"Orangedog" wrote:

> 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!

Orangedog;422848 Wrote:
> 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!


I encountered this problem still (feb 2009). In many forums this link
is named for an answer:
'http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx'
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx)
This is no help, because it describes how VISTA shares printers, but
the problem is to share a printer on a XP system so you can use the
printer on the Vista machine. I found out the anwer to be:
* open configuration / printers
* select 'add printer'
* choose LOCAL printer
* select 'new port' and then 'local port' (not an IP port !)
* as port name use \\HOSTCOMPUTERNAME\PRINTERNAME where
hostcomputername is the name of the pc the printer is fysically attached
to and printer name is the shared name of the printer (you can look this
up on the XP machine or by browsing network neighbourhood on vista
machine)
* select the driver for this printer (by default it will select some
printerdriver that is already installed on the vista machine, which
usually isn't correct, so browse and select correct one)

This did the trick for me.


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LennoxB