from the Vista machine open a Command Prompt
type
dir \\XPmachine\print$
do you get access denied or the list of driver folders?
E:\>dir \\remote\print$
Volume in drive \\remote\print$ has no label.
Directory of \\remote\print$
..
10/15/2008 05:05 PM <DIR> BIDI
10/15/2008 04:43 PM <DIR> color
12/19/2008 02:37 PM <DIR> w32x86
07/21/2006 05:42 PM <DIR> WIN40
10/07/2008 06:45 PM <DIR> x64
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"smithx" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> ::I would appreciate any help on this, I'm trying to connect my Vista
> laptop to a printer attached to a XP PC (this is using wireless), I can
> search on the laptop for the printer and it can see it, however when you
> click on it, the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access
> is denied", appears.::
> :: ::
> ::I do have the correct drivers for the Vista laptop, and I have file
> and print sharing setup on the laptop and on the PC. (unless I have
> missed something with the Vista laptop, however I doubt it).::
> :: ::
> ::I have tried adding a local port, and this doesn't work either, and
> the same message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is
> denied", appears.::
> :: ::
> ::Any advice would be gratefully received.::
>
>
> --
> smithx
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