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I am on a Vista laptop, connected by wireless to an XP-Home (SP4) desktop.
Connected to the desktop is a Canon printer.

Sorry. Start again.

I am on a Vista laptop, connected by wireless to an XP-Home (SP2) desktop,
which is connected to a Canon printer. The entire network is Cable Modem,
Wireless Router, Desktop and Printer (wired), Laptop (wireless).

There are three accounts on the laptop. All three are connected to the
internet via the wireless router. Two of them can print to the Canon printer,
but the third cannot.

I give that account Admin rights. I log on as that user. I select "Print"
from a Word document and the only "Printer" available is "Microsoft XPS
Document Write". I click "Find Printer", and I get the error message in the
subject line.

I compare this user's network connection settings to the other users. I
don't see any difference, but there are a lot of settings.

I go to Start/Network. I right-click on the Desktop and select Explore. I
right-click on SharedDocs and select Explore. I select "Desktop/Printers"
from the folder structure on the left, and the Canon printer and FAX appear
and say "Ready".

So it seems that the printer is visible to this user (as it is to the other
users), but this user can't print to it.

Ugh. Thanks. (And Thanks, Microsoft, for this support community thing.)

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"Steve Clements" <> wrote in message
news:875DFE5A-0CA4-47A9-A466-...
>
> Sorry. Start again.
>
> I am on a Vista laptop, connected by wireless to an XP-Home (SP2) desktop,
> which is connected to a Canon printer. The entire network is Cable Modem,
> Wireless Router, Desktop and Printer (wired), Laptop (wireless).
>
> There are three accounts on the laptop. All three are connected to the
> internet via the wireless router. Two of them can print to the Canon
> printer,
> but the third cannot.
>
> I give that account Admin rights. I log on as that user. I select "Print"
> from a Word document and the only "Printer" available is "Microsoft XPS
> Document Write". I click "Find Printer", and I get the error message in
> the
> subject line.
>
> I compare this user's network connection settings to the other users. I
> don't see any difference, but there are a lot of settings.
>
> I go to Start/Network. I right-click on the Desktop and select Explore. I
> right-click on SharedDocs and select Explore. I select "Desktop/Printers"
> from the folder structure on the left, and the Canon printer and FAX
> appear
> and say "Ready".
>
> So it seems that the printer is visible to this user (as it is to the
> other
> users), but this user can't print to it.
>
> Ugh. Thanks. (And Thanks, Microsoft, for this support community thing.)
>
>

Has anyone discovered a solution for this problem yet?


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Did you try adding the printer using Administrator privs? Just go to the
Control Panel > Printers > Run As Administrator > Add Printer. This
process allowed me print on the network printer. Unfortunately, MS Word
will not work at all if the network printer is setup as the default and
was not added by the administrator.


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umbrellasys;764559 Wrote:
> Did you try adding the printer using Administrator privs? Just go to th
> Control Panel > Printers > Run As Administrator > Add Printer. Thi
> process gave me access to the network printer. Unfortunately, MS Wor
> will not work at all if the network printer is setup as the default an
> not added by the administrator
SWEET! Worked for me. thanks

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I have been having the same problem and have spent hours on the phon
with Microsoft Support. They finally closed it as 'unresolved'.
found this but don't see a 'Run As Administrator' option, just Contro
Panel >Printers>Add Printer.

I completely uninstalled the printer - using both the remove program
applet in the control panel, as well as manually deleting any files tha
related to it and removing any references in the registry throug
Regedit. Note that one of the solutions considered was to actuall
install the printer drivers, etc. locally even though I was accessing i
on the Network.

I reinstalled on the Network only and still never found the 'Run A
Administrator' option. Note that I AM the Administrator on this machine
How do I get to this?

Thanks

umbrellasys;3871872 Wrote:
> Did you try adding the printer using Administrator privs? Just go t
> the
> Control Panel > Printers > Run As Administrator > Add Printer. This
> process allowed me print on the network printer. Unfortunately, M
> Word
> will not work at all if the network printer is setup as the defaul
> and
> was not added by the administrator.
>
>
> --
> umbrellasy

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Go to *Control Panel | Printers* and right-click on *Add Printer*
select -Run as Administrator-

Having administrative-level privileges on your user account isn't th
same thing as using your administrator account - Administrator is
separate user account. I haven't tried using that in Vista yet, but i
XP you log in in Safe Mode to access the Administrator account

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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately Vista doesn't give a right-contex
menu for add a printer. Nor does it have the Admin available from Saf
mode (insane).

I've done a bit more research regarding the Administrator account.
Apparently Vista has it hidden, and the home Premium version (which
when I bought the computer, I was told was 'professional' level as in X
professional), doesn't have a local users and groups snap-in, so yo
can't even add it or activate it. I did find some forum threads an
articles on how to create and activate the Admin account using the cm
console and editing the registry. I then accessed it and installed th
printer through it - still didn't work.

If you haven't used Vista and you are a person who wants to contro
your own computer, then don't get it!! Microsoft believes that the onl
people using computers at home are just shopping and downloadin
pictures and porn! They must be protected from themselve
(hmmm...sounds like the government)

I will continue my fight - or perhaps have to upgrade to Vist
Business. Apparently I can't downgrade to XP, it's a tablet notebook an
I have heard I would loose some functionality (touch screen, fingerprin
scanner, etc.)


Thanks agai

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Hello everybody

I have the same problem as yours.

First, I connect my computer by wireless. In my house we have 4
computers: 3 Mac and 1 Windows. The wireless network is from the Mac
computers.
When I go to *Start, Network, *I can see the Computer's name in which
the wireless come from. Then I want to use their printer that is a HP
PHOTOMASTER 2006 SERIES, but it ask me for password and user name, which
I have both, but it doesn't work. The other 3 computer that are Mac work
perfectly by the wireless and so they can print just while the main
computer is sharing it. The main computer is allow to share the printer
always.

Second, I also when I try to find printers from the Microsoft Word the
message in discussion of the forum comes out unallowing to find the
wireless printer.

I have to questions:

1. Do you think I can use the printer of this wireless that comes from
a Mac computer? How can I do it?

2. How can I eliminate the XPS Microsoft Office printer? I have tried
to unset it as a default but it doesn't work?

In adition, I don't know if I have to install the software of the HP
photosmart 2006 in my Windows computer first, then I could print by it
using the wireless.

Could someone help me, please? This is driving me crazy.


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