I had the same problem. I found a solution. Logically it makes no sense to me, but it worked so. Go to Control Panel. Choose printer. Then choose Add Printer. Youre currently subscribed to some eWEEK features and just need to create a username and password. The initial coin offering party is over in China. A committee led by the Peoples Bank of China, the nations central bank, has imposed an immediate ban on new. Microsoft Office Mac Lost Cd For Lexmark' title='Microsoft Office Mac Lost Cd For Lexmark' />Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied please help. A brief recap. there are different situations discussed in this thread. The major one that has been fixed is for folks who are not creating the printer in the Vista computer as a local port with port name hostcomputerprintersharename. It is wonderful that this thread is solving the problem for those. But there is a deeper issue that prevents the printing from Vista to an XP shared printer even when everything is done right. I have that problem. The issue is described exactly and precisely in KB9. Microsoft has removed from its database for inexplicable reasons. It formerly said You try to add a shared printer to a Windows Vista based computer. The Windows Vista based computer is connected to a peer to peer network. The shared printer was configured on a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 SP2 based computer. In this scenario, you may receive the following error message Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied. CAUSEThis issue may occur if security permissions are missing or incorrect for the Spool folder and for its subfolders on the Windows XP SP2 based computer. In this case, the Windows Vista based computer cannot access the files that are required to install the shared printer. So, Microsoft acknowledged the issue, then walked away from it, leaving us high and dry. I tried to implement the fix in the KB, but it failed when asking me to click on tabs which did not exist in a dialog boxthat appeared along the way. None of the solutions in this thread has solved thisversion of the problem other similar ones, yes. Microsoft Office Mac Lost Cd For Lexmark' title='Microsoft Office Mac Lost Cd For Lexmark' />I have a Gateway Vista laptop that is essentially useless because I cannot print to my printer shared off an XP SP2 computer in a different room. I cannot place a printer in the family room to connect directly to this laptop used on the couch and recliner those are my office. I have a 1. Over the past days, I have been in contact with Microsoft, who finally blew me off with your Vista is OEM copy we cant talk to you. Talk to Gateway. Bye. Gateway blew me off with, first, This is a Vista issue talk to Microsoft. 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