printer sharing

I have added a shared printer to a laptop wireless computer. The printer
prints until the computer is restarted. After restarting the printer prints
if deleted and readded. How can I keep a live printer connection after
shutting down?

Hi Dale--

1) Unplug your printer and unplug the USB cord and replug them.
2) Check Device Manager by typing it into search or typing devmgmt.msc into
search or the run box and see if your printer is entered there.
3) Reinstall the newest appropriate printer driver from the manufacturer's
site--drivers are software and they corrupt like anything else when you
least expect it. That has fixed many a printer.

4) Find the printer in the printer folder. Right click it>properties>port
tab and make sure that the port is the right one for your printer. You
failed to give me your printer type and it would have helped but generally
every printer when installed correctly uses a USB type port and it should be
checked in Vista unless you have an old one with parallel cables and then it
uses an LPT port.

Additionally if still problems:

Physically disconnect your printer from your PC, unistall any printer
software,
download and install the latest printer driver or software from
manufacture's site.

Sometimes although printer directions reverse this and cause a "16 bit
subsystem false dos error" it is advisable to unplug the printer and the usb
cable> restart the pc>plug them in while restarting>then reinstall the
driver.

Although your milage may vary, with most hdw drivers of any type in Vista
and XP, you don't need to uninstall the old driver to install a new one
intact. However, there are some that require this--usually not
printers--and they are usually explicit that you have to uninstall the old
driver just as some software is explicit in telling you to uninstall the
previous or old software including a good deal of software from MSFT.

If you should have Windows One Care on your box, you can open it>click
sttings>go to the printer sharing tab and check box the printer sharing box
and that seamlessly will share all the printers on your network.

Troubleshoot printer problems in Vista:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...8d7a21033.mspx

File and Printer Sharing in Vista
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Sometimes when SP1 is installed on Vista it changes printer settings.

Additional Printer Refs for Vista:

.. The default printer setting may change after you install Windows Vista SP1
on a Windows Vista-based computer
(949321) - Describes a problem in which the default printer setting may
change after you install Windows Vista SP1 on a Windows Vista-based
computer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949321/en-us
.. Error message when you try to install a network printer on a Windows
Vista-based computer: "Windows cannot connect to the printer Operation could
not be completed (error 0x0000000d)"
(947236) - Describes a problem in which you may receive an error message
when you try to install a network printer on a Windows Vista-based computer.
A resolution is provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947236/en-us
.. Printers that were installed in Windows XP no longer appear to be
installed after you upgrade the computer to Windows Vista
(931477) - Describes a problem that occurs during an upgrade from Windows
XP to Windows Vista. Specifically, locally installed printers are removed
during the upgrade. Windows Vista automatically installs drivers for network
printers if they are available.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931477/en-us
You cannot connect to a shared printer when you enable the protected mode in
Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based Computer
(927842) - Describes a behavior where you cannot connect to a shared
printer by using Internet Explorer 7 when you enable the protected mode in
Internet Explorer 7. Provide a workaround.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927842/en-us


Good luck,

CH