On Oct 6, 3:37*pm, "Alain Dekker" <alain.dek...@NO.SPAM.loma.com>
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> Solved! I loaded Windows Explorer, navigate to the computer on the domain
> that had the printer attached, then double-clicked the printer...and Windows
> connected and added a link in my Printers folder. Why the Add Printer wizard
> does not work is a mystery.
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> Alain
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> "Alain Dekker" <alain.dek...@NO.SPAM.loma.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
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> > At work, a colleague and I are trying to add the same printer. In the "Add
> > Printer Wizard", I select:
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> > * Local or Network Printer: "A network printer, or a printer attached to
> > another computer"
> > * Specify a Printer: "Find a printer in the directory"
> > * Find Printers: Clicked "Find Now" and my printer, along with several
> > others, is in a long list
> > * Selected the printer, clicked Ok
> > * Error message appears:
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> > Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed
> > incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the
> > server. For more information, click Help.
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> > The printer adds, with *exactly* the same steps on my colleagues computer.
> > I have tried rebooted my computer, no success. What causes a printer to
> > add on one machine and not on another?
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> > We're both running Windows XP, SP3.
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> > Thanks,
> > Alain
thank you had the same problem!
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