Cannot Share my Printer from my Vista Notebook

Hi

I am running an XP Home SP3 with a Dell A940 printer connected via USB.

I have a Dell Laptop running Vista Home Premium that can see the
network but when I try to add a printer I get the message "Windows
cannot connect to the printer, Operation Could not be completed
0x0000000d"

I am also running Norton 2008 Internet security on both machines.

In the past I have been able to print from both but somethings changed
and I dont know when or what as I dont print from the laptop that often
but need to now.

I have downloaded the VISTA drivers from dell on the laptop and it all
installs but will not print.

I'm really stuck so would appreciate any help.


--
cookie666

Have you tried connecting the printer directly to the computer you want
to print from?


--
fuzor_silverbolt

-----------My Rig-----------
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 984 GB 2x500GB RAID 0
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: SyncMaster 2220WM(Digital)
Sound Card: SigmaTel High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows XP™ Pro 32bit

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard to include Vista in your “New� Network, even if you had an XP Network
set up prior to adding a Vista computer to it(redoing the Wizard seems to
work for XP machines!).

In “My Network Places�: “Set up a Home or Small Office Network�
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.

Also in Norton, in your profile firewall exceptions, make sure LAN, or file
and printer sharing, is allowed

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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"cookie666" wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> I am running an XP Home SP3 with a Dell A940 printer connected via USB.
>
> I have a Dell Laptop running Vista Home Premium that can see the
> network but when I try to add a printer I get the message "Windows
> cannot connect to the printer, Operation Could not be completed
> 0x0000000d"
>
> I am also running Norton 2008 Internet security on both machines.
>
> In the past I have been able to print from both but somethings changed
> and I dont know when or what as I dont print from the laptop that often
> but need to now.
>
> I have downloaded the VISTA drivers from dell on the laptop and it all
> installs but will not print.
>
> I'm really stuck so would appreciate any help.
>
>
> --
> cookie666
>

Hi

Thanks for the advice, I have connected the printer to the laptop and
it prints fine from that, I have also ran the Network Wizard on the XP
machine but I still get the same error message.


--
cookie666

How are you trying to add the printer?
To use XP's printer go to Vista's Network and Sharing>Add Network
Device>Browse to XP's Printer> follow vista'a instructions to install it

Make sure that you have a Vista compatible Printer Driver downloaded for
your laptop.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"cookie666" wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> Thanks for the advice, I have connected the printer to the laptop and
> it prints fine from that, I have also ran the Network Wizard on the XP
> machine but I still get the same error message.
>
>
> --
> cookie666
>

Still get the same error message

"operation could not be completed 0x0000000d)

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:22:00 -0700, Mike Bates wrote:

>Still get the same error message
>
>"operation could not be completed 0x0000000d)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375