(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:20 pm
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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.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:04 pm
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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.)
(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:52 am
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"Steve Clements" <SteveClements.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> 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.)
>
>
(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:44 am
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Has anyone discovered a solution for this problem yet?
(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:01 pm
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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.
(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:50 pm
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umbrellasys;764559 Wrote:
> Did you try adding the printer using Administrator privs? Just go to the > Control Panel > Printers > Run As Administrator > Add Printer. This > process gave me access to the network printer. Unfortunately, MS Word > will not work at all if the network printer is setup as the default and > not added by the administrator.
SWEET! Worked for me. thanks.
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:46 pm
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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 the
same thing as using your administrator account - Administrator is a
separate user account. I haven't tried using that in Vista yet, but in
XP you log in in Safe Mode to access the Administrator account.
(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:18 pm
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I have been having the same problem and have spent hours on the phone
with Microsoft Support. They finally closed it as 'unresolved'. I
found this but don't see a 'Run As Administrator' option, just Control
Panel >Printers>Add Printer.
I completely uninstalled the printer - using both the remove programs
applet in the control panel, as well as manually deleting any files that
related to it and removing any references in the registry through
Regedit. Note that one of the solutions considered was to actually
install the printer drivers, etc. locally even though I was accessing it
on the Network.
I reinstalled on the Network only and still never found the 'Run As
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 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.
>
>
> --
> umbrellasys
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