Connecting to printer on XP via wireless from a Vista laptop.

Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
coonect to the printer, access is denied'.

I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.

Apologies for posting same question again.

Ed

I do not have the solution - however I print from Vista via XP printer - so
it is possible.

"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless
> router,
> from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
> print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
> printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
> coonect to the printer, access is denied'.
>
> I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network
> and
> print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.
>
> Apologies for posting same question again.
>
> Ed

AJR,

What printer are you using? How did you set it up on the Vista machine?

John

"AJR" wrote:

> I do not have the solution - however I print from Vista via XP printer - so
> it is possible.
>
> "Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B917F0B0-B0C0-430B-859D-45CAA4F47ADA@microsoft.com...

>
>
>

Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

> To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
> system do the following.
>
> Vista
> ------
> Click Start >> Control Panel >> Hardware and Sound >> Printers
> Click on Add a printer
> Select Add a local printer
> Create a new port >> Local Port >> Click on Next
> Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
> Name)
> Select the printer from the list
> Continue until the printer is installed.
>
> Other operating systems
> ----------------------------
> Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.
>
> With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
> Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
> should not be a problem.
>

"Ed" wrote:

>
> Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
> from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
> print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
> printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
> coonect to the printer, access is denied'.
>
> I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
> print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.
>
> Apologies for posting same question again.
>
> Ed

Yes, we have many cases like that. Thank you for inputs.

Vista: Cannot connect to the ...I was pulling my hair out trying to connect my vista pc to my xp pc based printer. I used the add local printer suggestion and it worked like a charm. ...
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"OPSMP" <OPSMP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:81E88735-1F9E-4D44-9586-FCBAD6EEEADA@microsoft.com...
Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps

Steven Thibodeaux

> To share printers across a network between Vista x64 and any other operating
> system do the following.
>
> Vista
> ------
> Click Start >> Control Panel >> Hardware and Sound >> Printers
> Click on Add a printer
> Select Add a local printer
> Create a new port >> Local Port >> Click on Next
> Enter the port name for the network printer (i.e. \\Computer Name\Printer
> Name)
> Select the printer from the list
> Continue until the printer is installed.
>
> Other operating systems
> ----------------------------
> Find the Add printer wizard and do exactly the same method as for Vista.
>
> With any luck your printer will already have printer drivers included with
> Vista and obtaining drivers for other operating systems if they are missing
> should not be a problem.
>

"Ed" wrote:

>
> Having problems connecting to a printer on a XP desktop via wireless router,
> from a laptop running Vista. Other xp laptop can connect to xp desktop and
> print with no problems. However when I try to connect to the xp desktop
> printer from the vista laptop, a message box appers saying 'Windows cannot
> coonect to the printer, access is denied'.
>
> I have shared the printers on both computers and set up private network and
> print sharing on the vista laptop using the network discovery.
>
> Apologies for posting same question again.
>
> Ed

this fix worked for me too. thank you so much.

"OPSMP" wrote:

> Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps
>
> Steven Thibodeaux
>

>
> "Ed" wrote:
>

Thank you for the feedback.

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"fenceman55" <fenceman55@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> this fix worked for me too. thank you so much.
>
> "OPSMP" wrote:
>

Worked perfectly. I suspect the root cause may have been that my printer
which is XP compatible is not Vista compatible, according to the OEM's
website. I am using a substitute driver that is Vista compatible. I will
have to test to see what functionality I actually have.

Many thanks !

"OPSMP" wrote:

> Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps
>
> Steven Thibodeaux
>

>
> "Ed" wrote:
>

Thank you for the update.

--
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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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"Eric Dummett" <Eric Dummett@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Worked perfectly. I suspect the root cause may have been that my printer
> which is XP compatible is not Vista compatible, according to the OEM's
> website. I am using a substitute driver that is Vista compatible. I will
> have to test to see what functionality I actually have.
>
> Many thanks !
>
> "OPSMP" wrote:
>

thank you! thank you! thank you! I had to download appropriate driver, but
your method defintely worked!

"OPSMP" wrote:

> Here is one that i used it has worked for me sofar. Hope it helps
>
> Steven Thibodeaux
>

>
> "Ed" wrote:
>