Re: Problem with sharing a printer in VISTA

I get the message after finding the printer and selecting it. And yes, I can
connect to the printer directly, and I downloaded the updated drivers for
vista.
I guess that the main problem would be if i can figure out why i get the
"access denied" message, knowing that i'm runnig as adminstrator on both
computers.



"Patrick C" wrote:

Can you add the printer if connect the printer directly to the laptop? I'm
thinking something may have gotten corrupted maybe a bad driver can you
re-download the Vista drivers and try again? Or else do you have any
restore points you could go back to?

"Patrick C" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How far in the process do you get when you get the "can not connect" is it
after the search when you select the printer?

"Opsimist" <Opsimist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's my main problem... When I try to add the printer as a network
printer,
it says "can not connect to printer, not enough memory....". My main pc
has a
quad CPU running with 4GB of ram and my laptop is running duo CPU with
2GB of
ram.

"Patrick C" wrote:

Maybe instead of add local printer try add network printer see if it
comes
up when it searches for available printers if so select it and then
select
next then it should append it. Using add local printer seems to help
when
your using a vista laptop trying to connect to a XP pc's printer.

"Opsimist" <Opsimist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, you assumed right... I did that, but still i still get the
message
of
"access denied" when I try to add the new local port. any solution?

"Patrick C" wrote:

I assume you did not only set file and print sharing on but also did
start-control panel-classic view-printers-run as
administrator-properties-sharing tab and enabled the sharing (this on
PC)
noted the pcname and printersharename and on the laptop
start-control
panel-classic view-printers-right click on blank area-run as
administrator-add printer then performed the add local printer?

"Opsimist" <Opsimist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry... I got confused... i thought that my thread wasn't
posted...
got
wrong with the news group.
yes I installed the drivers on the laptop... and I get the message
on
the
laptop.


"Malke" wrote:

Opsimist wrote:

I have a PC and a laptop in a wireless homenetwrok. the PC is
directly
connected to the router and to a printer. and the laptop is
connected
by
wireless connection. I set file and printing on. I can share
files
easly,
but when I try to share the printer it says "not enugh memory".
I
tried
to
set it as a local port ("\\pcname\printersharename") but it says
"access
denied". I'm the admin on both computers.
Both computers are runnig VISTA home premium. The Printer is
XEROX
WokStation PE16, and the router is a D-Link router.
PLEASE HELP

Next time please don't multipost. You've already got a thread
going
with
Jack in the networking newsgroup. Since this is a printer issue,
you
could
have added a crosspost to this group in your reply to Jack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Did you install the Vista drivers for this printer on the laptop?
Are
you
getting the "not enough memory" error on the Desktop or the
laptop?

More details, please.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
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